Obama look-alike shoots to fame

Indonesian photographer Ilham Anas won't be at US President Barack Obama's inauguration on Tuesday. Instead he'll be starring as an Obama look-alike on Indonesian TV.

Anas, 34, who from some angles bears a resemblance to the new US president, shot to fame in Jakarta after Obama, 47, won the election in November, and is now earning income as an Obama double.

Many Indonesians have a keen interest in Obama, who lived in Jakarta for four years after his American mother, Ann Dunham, married Muslim Indonesian Lolo Soetoro following the end of her marriage to Obama's Kenyan father.

"When Obama won, my colleagues played a practical joke on me - they made me wear a suit, a tie, and took pictures of me posing as Obama," Anas said.

"The pictures spread very quickly on the internet. It was phenomenal. Then TV stations and an advertising agency got in touch with me."