Magazine accidentally publishes penis shadow in Courteney Cox issue

An American fashion magazine has apologised for publishing what looks like the shadow of a penis cast across the chest of a woman.

The current spring/summer issue of Miami Living, which sports Cougar Town star Courteney Cox on the cover, features an advertisement for establishedmen.com, a Miami dating website.

The commercial portrays two beautiful young women with what appears to be the shadow of a penis cast across the chest of one of them.

The tagline for the advertisement reads: "See what you've been missing."

Bosses at the magazine have apologised for the advertisement, saying they were completely unaware of the blunder.

"This was just now brought to our attention. Miami Living magazine would like to apologise for not noticing the image," Fox News quoted Miami Living editor-in-chief Vanessa Pascale as saying.

Pascale added: "We hope that our audience recognises that we were just as surprised as they were to find this out. I myself have looked over the magazine dozens of times [prior to this being brought to my attention] and did not detect anything hidden in the ad, which leads me to believe that establishedmen.com must have tipped someone off as a publicity stunt.

"We trusted them as an advertiser. Miami Living magazine intends to review future ads more carefully so that something like this does not happen again."