SA Police say the man and woman shaved their six-year-old boy's head and eyebrows, put the child in a wheelchair and applied bandages to make it look like the child had received radiotherapy.

An Adelaide couple have been arrested after allegedly faking the cancer diagnosis of their six-year-old child in a "cruel" money-making endeavour.The western suburbs couple allegedly shaved their son's head and eyebrows and placed him in a wheelchair with bandages to mimic the side-effects of stereotactic radiotherapy treatment.

A western suburbs couple has been charged over a $60,000 fake cancer diagnosis scam, allegedly shaving their six year old’s head and putting them into a wheelchair.