We lied our way into Bargain Hunt with a fake application – it backfired badly and we got a huge shock when we arrived on set

Two women who appeared on Bargain Hunt revealed some behind-the-scenes secrets of the show and even admitted to lying on their job applications.

Students Jodie Wood and Layla Milne starred on the hit BBC game show earlier this year and the pair impressed when they went against the advice of expert Mark Stacey, 60, and tried to buy an item they had both fallen in love with.

They had set their sights on a porcelain money box for pigs. However, the pair ran out of time in their attempts to bargain and quickly settled on a porcelain tiger for £55.

However, their appearance on the show did not go to plan as Jodie and Layla ultimately suffered a loss when their items went to auction.

And Layla, who fell ill the day of the auction, blamed the filming schedule for their losses.

Jodie explained to the Emphatic: ‘It was a Wednesday in Grantham and there was no one there and there was no one in the building and hardly anyone online and all that.

“From what the experts would say, it was like a potluck what you’re going to get on auction days,” she added.

But their lack of knowledge of antiques – which they lied about during job applications – also turned out to be a problem.

The pair admitted they were selected to appear on the show after just one attempt, but only because they lied to show bosses.

In fact, they originally signed up for the show after a man who installed their alarm urged them to sign up after he signed up too.

He told them that BBC bosses ‘wanted young people’ to mix things up.

However, they were stunned to discover that, against all odds, the man eventually became their opponent

The women said, “So we applied and we show up for our shopping day and our opponent is the same guy who told us to apply!”

‘We arrived at eight in the morning and said, “It’s you, you fixed our alarm, you told us to sign up!”

Ultimately, the pair suffered a humiliating defeat, made a loss at the auction and walked away completely empty-handed.

Plus, they were left exhausted and bored, with Layla joking, “It was such a long day because we got there. I think it was at 8am and we didn’t leave until about 5:30/6am.

“It was such a long day, but a lot of it was just waiting, to be honest.”

It comes after Kijkersjacht viewers criticized BBC bosses for a ‘terrible’ change they made to the popular daytime show.

During an episode last week, viewers were taken to Nottinghamshire, where host Christina Trevanion, 43, was joined by experts Thomas Forrester, 46, and Ochuko Ojiri, 52, as they tried to help two teams make a profit at an auction.

Typically, an expert is assigned to the red or blue team in each episode, helping them search for unique antiques.

And towards the end of the show, the BBC presenter will meet with the auctioneer to discuss the items each team has purchased.

However, the day’s program had undergone a format shake-up and the auctioneer’s comments were removed from the show.

Fans took to X, formerly Twitter, to express their disappointment with the new format.

One fan fumed: ‘Bloody awful without the auctioneers’ comments.’; ‘@BBCBargainHunt Hi, we love watching #bargainhunt but why the change in format at this time #BBC.’

“I don’t like these shortened shows, Madam Auctioneers, comment #bargainhunt.”