A New Zealand teenager tried to sell naked photographs of his mother.

Michael, 18, was sulking after his mother Jennifer ordered him to clear out their garage and so he decided to sell his findings online.

Only they happened to be nude photographs of his mother.

However, instead of being angry with her son, 44-year-old Jennifer praised Michael for his "creativity" and gave him even more images to sell.

She said: "He was quite naughty ... I thought 'you cheeky little git', but at least he'd been a bit creative about it."

Sadly, the auction on website TradeMe was closed by website owners after discovering the naked content.

Jennifer added: "I wanted 50 per cent of the sale, but more than that I miss the nice comments."