Man gets his girlfriend to cover his car in 3,400 lipstick kiss marks. Then the 4-hour-long stunt backfires in a very expensive way

When it comes to expressing your love for your partner, most opt for flowers, taking them out for a nice dinner, or even treating them to a weekend away. Or you could do what this woman did, and cover your partner’s car in 3,400 lipstick kiss marks.

This strange story originates in Gwalior, India. According to CNBC TV 18, Aditya Sikarwar’s girlfriend decided to show the depth of her feelings for him by taking a social media trend to the extreme, reportedly spending four hours painstakingly kissing every inch of the white hatchback until it was covered in ruby red waterproof lipstick marks.

Sikarwar said she hoped that the kiss car “would go viral” when they showcased it online. The fact that you’re reading about it now indicates that ambition was fulfilled, though not in the way the couple had hoped.

“This is her boyfriend’s car. How is it illegal?”

Posts about the car spread online, and it came to the attention of local traffic cops, who noted the videos showcasing it allegedly broke multiple traffic laws, showed the car speeding, with illegally tinted windows and not following other traffic rules. In addition, they ruled that the kisses meant the car had “effectively been modified”.

Sikarwar was tracked down and fined ₹5,500 for violations of the Motor Vehicles Act and ordered to clean the thousands of lipstick marks off the car. But, as it turns out, the cosmetics company wasn’t kidding when they said this lipstick was waterproof, as later footage shows the unfortunate Sikarwar hard at work with a wet rag scrubbing his car as hard as he could.

Comments are bewildered that the cops got involved at all, with many wondering why they didn’t have more serious crimes to solve. One said the “police is penalising love“, another was unsure why lipstick marks on a car are illegal: “Under which law is this not allowed though? I mean people have decals, stickers, graphics on their vehicles!”.

That was echoed by a comment pointing out simply that this can’t be vandalism if he’s happy with it: “So weird. I would have understood if she had spoiled someone else’s car. This is her boyfriend’s car. How is it illegal?”

Some cops clearly have a sense of humor, and some seem to recognize injustice, but in this case it appears that “Traffic violations, wrong-side driving, overspeeding, driving under the influence, and minors driving routinely go unchecked, yet police have the time to investigate 3,400 lipstick marks and make someone scrub a car.”