New research reveals cheeky British workers are swindling their bosses by over a £1bn a year on spurious expense claims, including plastic surgery, a new car, a diamond engagement ring, escorts, council tax, a honeymoon, Viagra and even a goat.

Findings also revealed workers are embezzling their employer’s money to add a touch of glamour to their homes in the name of work. Respondents admitted buying furniture, home entertainment, refurbishing their homes with a new bathroom, kitchen, gym and wallpaper and paint to spruce up their homes.

Listed below are some of the other outrageous claims highlighted in the Travelodge research:

The budget chain survey of 3,000 British employees identified the typical worker pockets an extra £17 each month that they claim. This means claimants make an extra £204 a year through dodgy expense claims, totalling a whopping £9,078 over a working lifetime.

Further findings identified a smug 43% of British workers believe swindling expense claims is a legitimate way of making extra cash and 45% of people said all their colleagues are ‘doing it’. An astonishing 84% of those polled said they didn’t feel guilty about inventing claims.

More men (22%) have used their expense account to wine and dine the opposite sex at prestigious restaurants in contrast to just 9% of women.