Police are investigating a video of a couple having a late-night romp on the top deck of a double-decker bus in London.

Passengers sat in stunned silence as the couple stripped and had sex on the top deck of the number 149 bus.

The footage was captured in Shoreditch, east London, just after midnight on December 22.

The couple's show then carried on as the bus travelled through Stoke Newington and Stamford Hill.

Scotland Yard said on Thursday that police were now investigating the footage but have not yet made any arrests.

A Met Police spokesman said: “Officers from the Met's Roads and Transport Policing Command have been made aware of footage that is currently circulating on social media

“No arrests, enquiries continue.”

The couple were ordered off the bus by the driver but are said to have received a round of applause from other passengers making their way home during the Christmas party season.

An onlooker told The Sun: "The woman got naked and the bloke had his trousers down.

"It was pretty obvious they were having sex on the top deck. Other passengers were being very British about it and just looking out the window and pretending to ignore what was going on.

"It's an unbelievable place to have sex," the witness added.

Anyone with information should call police on 101.