An unemployed Italian nurse allegedly disguised himself as his dead mother for years to collect her pension, police said.

The man visited a municipal office in northern Italy two weeks ago to renew his mother’s identity card, according to Italian outlet Corriere della Sera. He wore a 1970s-style blouse, pearl necklace and clip-on earrings. That visit exposed the scheme.

A clerk grew suspicious. The face appeared too young for an 85-year-old woman, and the neck looked masculine beneath the makeup. (RELATED: REPORT: Man Hauled Out Of St. Peter’s Basilica After Urinating On Altar)

Staff alerted the mayor and local police, who launched an investigation. Officers compared the new photo with one from the expired ID card issued a decade earlier. The resemblance existed, but something was wrong.

The woman in question, Graziella Dall’Oglio, was a housewife and widow of a local doctor. She had not been seen in years, according to the outlet.

Police asked the man to return to complete the paperwork. When he arrived, officers confronted him about the disguise. He admitted to the ruse. “We should also inspect your home,” officers told him.

“Go ahead,” he replied. Inside the residence, police found Dall’Oglio’s mummified remains in one of the rooms.

Investigators believe the man collected approximately €53,000 annually in his mother’s name, the outlet reported. The sum came from her survivor’s pension tied to her late husband’s medical career and income from family real estate holdings.

She likely died in 2022 and her body may have been kept at home for about three years, though investigators are still awaiting autopsy results to confirm the exact timing and cause of death, according to Rai News, an Italian outlet.

The case drew comparisons to the 1993 comedy “Mrs. Doubtfire,” in which Robin Williams’s character disguises himself as an elderly female housekeeper.