Scientists have worked out exactly what a man most likely to cheat on his partner looks like… and created a ‘photofit’ image of the love rat

Women looking for love may want to steer clear of a man who looks like the image below. 

Experts used AI to determine the facial features of a typical love rat — and generated a hyper-realistic ‘photofit’ image of him. 

Created from thousands of testimonies of lovers who had been cheated on, it found the bald men with larger noses in their 40s were the least trustworthy. 

Smaller lips, blue-grey eyes, frown lines and short facial hair completed the look. 

They also created a stereotypical female cheater — she has dark hair, a small nose and is in her early fifties. 

When it came to the most common physical attributes of a love rat, both male and female were described as sporting a slim build and having ‘staring eyes’.

The researchers quizzed 2,000 Brits to work out attributes cheaters had in common, then fed the results into an AI image generator which created ‘pictures’ of them. 

They also discovered men were more likely to admit to cheating, at around than a third compared to a quarter of women. 

They also created a stereotypical female cheater — she has dark hair, a small nose and is in her early fifties 

Nearly four in 10 women said they dumped their partner as soon as they found him out. 

Another 12 per cent dumped him a month after rumbling him, and another 14 per cent gave him the elbow within three months.

A further fifth admitting to staying put with a cheater for at least two more years. By comparison, just one in ten (13 per cent) of wronged men did the same.

According to the survey, Manchester was the cheating capital of the UK, with 43 per cent of Mancunians having had an affair at least once before.

Sheffield and Cardiff followed at 39 and 34 per cent respectively. 

Edinburgh, meanwhile, was home to the most faithful residents, with more than half (55 per cent) claiming to have never cheated on any of their partners or been cheated on themselves.

Rosie Maskell, a senior marketing executive at MrQ — which carried out the research — said: ‘Our research showed that just under half (41 per cent) are familiar with this painful betrayal, so it may be that a lot identify with the characteristics in these images.

‘With 39 per cent of partners who have been wronged calling it quits straight away, it shows that loyalty is a valued quality in our partner.

The researchers quizzed 2,000 Brits to work out attributes cheaters had in common, then fed the results into an AI image generator which created ‘pictures’ of them 

‘Obviously, it’s important to note these are based on statistical analysis and won’t apply to all individuals.

‘People’s behaviour is defined by their decisions and actions, not what they look like.’

These findings are in contrast to a 2020 study that reported a lack of love and intimacy in a relationship was linked to longer affairs and more public dates with the affair partner.

Past studies have also indicated that whether your partner cheats could come down to how good-looking they are, according to researchers at Harvard University.

A 2017 study reported that having an attractive male or female partner is like holding a biscuit in front of a dog – almost too irresistible to people outside of the partnership.

‘More physically attractive individuals are more frequently the target of poaching attempts,’ the study said.