Facebook's St Andrew's Day Flag Muddle

Scottish Facebook users were left baffled after they were offered the option to post a status update celebrating St Andrew's Day - featuring the flag of Romania.

Facebook encourages users to update their status to show that they are celebrating national holidays and other events.

But for several hours on Monday Scottish users could only mark their day with a status update featuring the red, yellow and blue Romanian flag.

St Andrew is the patron saint of Scotland, Romania, Greece, Russia, Ukraine, Poland and other countries.

One user, Kevin Gilmartin, wrote on Twitter: "Oh Facebook, random Wednesday gets a camel for humpday and you can't manage a wee Saltire for St Andrew's Day?"

Stephen Blythe added: "Well done Facebook. Romanian flag for St Andrew’s day. May have been an idea to let us Scots have a Saltire, no?"

Kathryn McBain wrote: "I think Facebook may be a little confused."

Facebook now appears to have fixed the problem, with St Andrew's Day status updates now accompanied by the Scottish flag.

Sky News has contacted Facebook for a comment.