Joni Nunas Lestari, 31-years-old, was sentenced to two years in jail on Tuesday after disguising herself as a man and tricking another woman, Nur Aslim Velayati, 22, into marrying her.

The Sungginasa District Court in Gowa, South Sulawesi, also sentenced Joni's accomplice, Waode Nirmalasari, 30, to a year in prison for helping Joni in her scheme.

"Their sentences are lighter because they've promised not to cover their identities as women," the head of the panel of judges, Abdul Rahman Hakim, said during the court hearing on Tuesday. Prosecutors earlier demanded three years in prison for Joni and two years for Waode.

Both were reported by Nur, who found out that Joni was actually a woman after she spent a month at Nur's parents' home, shortly before their planned wedding day in mid-October. "I knew her [Joni] from the phone. We dated for two weeks, and I didn't suspect her at that time," Nur explained.

"But the family became suspicious [during Joni's stay at Nur's home]. She never took off her shirt after taking a bath. Then her gestures and appearance became suspicious, too," she added, as quoted by tempo.co. Nur said her family had suffered from financial losses due to the deceit, as they had spent money to prepare for the annulled wedding.