THIS is what $180,000 will buy you nowadays.

First pictures have emerged of the socialite with her baby who she bought on the black market for $180,000.

Taylor Stein is seen posing with her gorgeous five-month-old son, Ren Friedrick, who she adopted after unwittingly becoming involved in a sting for cash-strapped surrogates.

She then went on to help the FBI bring down the baby-selling ring and three people have since been arrested.

Stein already had a four-year-old daughterDjuana, with Estée Lauder billionaire William Lauder. She was in the process of adopting a sibling for her little girl when she was contacted by the Feds who informed her that the agency she was using was conducting their business fraudulently.

They asked her to record her conversations with the main ringleaders who were caught and have now pleaded guilty to wire fraud charges and will be sentenced in October.

Surrogacy lawyer Theresa Erickson, 43, former surrogate Carla Chambers, 51, and Hilary Neiman, 32, have all been implicated in the scam that saw at least 12 babies sold in six years.

After the trio were arrested, Stein ensured the surrogate was paid $26,000 and Neiman paid her back the remaining $154,000.