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Hundreds flock to abandoned sofa after it becomes village’s biggest tourist attraction

Hundreds flock to abandoned sofa after it becomes village’s biggest tourist attraction
More than 150 people have posed for portraits on the sofa since it was dumped at the beginning of April.

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