French authorities discovered that Chinese fast-fashion giant Shein was selling “childlike” sex dolls on its French site, and are now threatening to ban the company just as it’s set to open a brick-and-mortar location in Paris.

France’s consumer fraud agency, the DGCCRF, launched an investigation after an anonymous tip led them to listings for disturbingly realistic dolls that were roughly the size of little girls and that were “resembling children.” The agency said their appearance “left little doubt as to the child pornography nature.”

Economy Minister Roland Lescure called the products “horrible” and “illegal,” warning Shein that if this ever happens again, France would yank the company’s ability to sell online in the country. He also kicked the case to the Paris prosecutor’s office,

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