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A police helicopter was used in the unnecessary search in July
A woman sentenced by a French court.
Sandy Gaillard, 25, an activist with the far-right National Front, sparked a huge search involving 50 soldiers and a helicopter, the court heard.
She was born with a scheme to see a third man
She was fined 5,000 (£ 4,400; $ 58,000) and ordered to see a psychologist
Gaillard's boyfriend alerted police in July when she sent him a text saying she was being held captive in the boot of a black car, the court in the southern town of Mende heard.
Following a 24-hour search she turned up showing no signs of any trauma and claimed that her abductors had simply decided to free her.
Her story contained further inconsistencies and the authorities grew suspicious. Under police questioning she admitted she had made the story of her in Le Puy-en-Velay, the court heard.
She said her new lover had not been involved in the ruse.
