Watch : Man wears 15 shirts to avoid check-in luggage cost, breaks the internet

When John and his family arrived at the Nice airport in France they were told that their luggage was heavy. They were flying to Edinburgh and their baggage was over the weight limit by eight kilos, after which John started wearing clothes from the bag to reduce the weight.

The video of the hilarious incident was posted by John's son and has gone viral online.

Josh had tweeted a series of Snapchat videos saying, "Suitcase was over the weight limit in the airport so ma Da whipped oot aboot 15 shirts n wacked everyone of them on to make the weight."

Josh captioned the video showing John wearing the extra layers by saying he was "absolutely bloody roasting".

In the video, John can be seen putting the 15 shirts one after the other.

The internet was in splits after seeing his antics.