A mother accused of faking her six-year-old son's cancer diagnosis scoffs in court when the prosecution alleges she and her husband raised a total of $60,000 in just two weeks.

The parents allegedly shaved the six-year-old's head and eyebrows and placed them in a wheelchair with bandages.

An Aussie couple accused of asking Aussies to pay for fake cancer treatments for their young son allegedly shaved his head and eyebrows and put him in a wheelchair.