India, Feb. 27 -- A man allegedly stayed at a hotel for free in Haryana's Gurugram for nearly five months, and arranged a cover-up for the same by sending screenshots of 'fake payments' amounting to a whopping Rs.6 lakhs to the hotel operator.

The accused, 26-year-old Himanshu, who was arrested on Wednesday, had incurred a bill of Rs.6.17 lakhs, PTI news agency reported quoting police officials as saying.

He admitted that he came across a YouTube video about a fake application, which showed how one could fake online payments on the platform and make them appear as an exact dummy, as if money had actually been credited to the receiver.

"He installed the fake application in which only the scanner works, while all other features are inact...