An Austrian couple married and divorced 12 times over 40 years, although neighbors described their marriage as exemplary.
However, their temporary marriages were likely part of a ploy to obtain 326,000 euros from the country's pension system.
The woman, who was found to have been married 12 times, began receiving a widow's pension after her first husband died in 1981, Metro reports.
Just a year later, the 73-year-old woman married her second husband.
They divorced six years later, setting off a cycle of remarriages and divorces.
Investigators found that the couple never separated during their relationship.
It also emerged that the couple had lived together all the time and were considered exemplary.
Their on-again, off-again marriage was designed to cheat the pension system.
The couple took advantage of a loophole in Austrian law that allowed the wife to claim 27,000 euros from each new marriage.
The couple are currently under investigation for serious fraud aimed at defrauding the Austrian pension system.
