The Paris prosecutors' office launched investigations after France's anti-fraud unit reported that Shein was selling childlike sex dolls. On Monday, Shein announced it was imposing a 'total ban on sex-doll-type products' and had deleted all listings and images linked to them.

The Asian fast fashion giant says it delisted the items "immediately" from its website and is investigating.

The Chinese e-commerce company said the product has been taken down from the platform. The incident happened just days before the retailer was set to open its first physical store…