SHANDONG, CHINA--More than a dozen police officers worked to rescue a woman from drowning, only to find out it was a blow up doll. 

Officers responded after someone reported a woman in distress in a nearby river.  The crews worked frantically for almost an hour to save the woman. 

The rescue gained the attention of several hundred spectators. 

Once police pulled what they thought was a woman out of the water they quickly realized it was a blow up doll.  There's no word on how the doll got in the river.