Reuters

French far-right leader Jean-Marie Le Pen is looking to make a bit of extra cash by putting his old bullet-proof car up for sale on eBay.

Le Pen, who stunned France in the 2002 presidential election when he finished second, put his party headquarters up for sale earlier this year after humiliating defeats in presidential and legislative elections last year left his group deep in the red.

Another drain on Le Pen’s finances was the 10,000 euro (7,922 pound) fine he incurred in February when a court found him guilty of "contesting crimes against humanity" for saying the Nazi occupation of France was "not particularly inhumane".

Asked why the car was up for sale, a National Front spokesman said : "Money, money, glorious money."

With a little more than nine days left before the eBay auction (www.ebay.fr) finishes, the 1991 Peugeot that has ferried Le Pen around during his campaigns has been bid up from the one euro starting price to 3,510 euros.

"Following its replacement, we are putting up for sale Jean-Marie Le Pen’s armoured Peugeot 605, used daily by him, including during his last presidential campaign," the posting on the ebay site (ebay.fr) said.

"To be considered as a collector’s item, no jokers."

(Reporting by Swaha Pattanaik, Gerard Bon)