Naked man on roof straight out of a French farce

In a scene that could have been from a bedroom farce, a naked man hid precariously on a cold rooftop, with video of the apparent 'surprised lover' going viral.

Footage of the naked man was posted on Facebook by Naphtal Ngatali who wrote in French: "Who sent you there my brother?", adding: "He’s seriously in trouble."

The man appeared to be hiding from someone in the room while taking refuge on the roof several floors above street level.

The video has been seen more than 1.3 million times since it was posted on Wednesday.

Many commenters declared that the mystery bare man was hiding from an approaching husband or boyfriend.

Other people thought the figure could have been a teenage boy caught in his girlfriend's room when her parent returned home.

One person wrote: "The husband will see the video on fb (and) he's gonna laugh 30 sec and will then realise that it's the facade of his apartment."

While another declared: "We can't prove this is adultery. Maybe it's a teenager at his girlfriend's house and her parents have just returned home?"