Husband discovers wife's affair after catching her in the act on Google Maps

When Google Maps launched back in 2005, it made the world a far smaller place.

The tool allows users to visit almost any location on earth at ground level - although we almost invariably end up heading straight to our own home.

It also captures images of people going about their daily lives, resulting in some hilarious photo fails and a few suspicious scenes, as reported by the Express.

But one man was left heartbroken when the Street View tool captured his wife with another man and exposed her affair.

The images, which went viral on Facebook, shows a row of benches on a pedestrianised path in Lima, the capital city of Peru.

Sat on one of the benches is a woman wearing a black top and white shirt, with a man in a white jumper laid with his head in her lap.

His face is obscured from view and the woman has been blurred out, which is standard practice on Google Maps to protect people's privacy.

But it wasn't enough to stop the woman's husband from recognising her when he stumbled across the scene back in 2013, spotting her familiar outfit as he explored the streets.

The husband reportedly confronted his wife over what he had seen and she admitted the affair before the couple later divorced.

It's not the first time someone has been left baffled by a finding on Google Maps, after one eagle-eyed user was left in stitches when they came across a funny sight in the US - and was kind enough as to share their findings online for the rest of us to see.

Unfortunately for one woman, it just so happened that the Google car drove down her road at the exact moment she took a fall while digging around in her wheelie bin.