One of the creative minds behind a toasty art installation that appeared at Tooting Broadway station has spoken out about the inspiration behind the unusual piece.

March 24: Hot crossed bunny: crucified rabbit appears as toast art outside Tooting Broadway station

Caspian Cunningham, an actor from Tooting, was one of the team that created the 'hot cross bunny', a rabbit, on a cross made entirely out of toast that was spotted outside the tube station in the days before the Easter bank holiday.

The 25-year-old said the crumbly art was the result of a House of Toast competition, a regular event run by a group called the Robin Collective, where teams compete to build structures out of toast and cocktail sticks.

Ms Cunningham said: "I went to the competition with my housemates and we thought as it is Easter, we could do something on that.

"Everyone loves a pun, so we though of hot cross bunny.

"It took maybe an hour and a half to make.

"We did not even win the competition though - the group that did made a rollercoaster."

Ms Cunningham explained that she had been willing to throw the toast sculpture away, but her housemate, a first-timer to the competition, wanted to keep it.

She said: "He wanted to put it in the house but I did not want mice.

"We got to Tooting Broadway and we just thought we should put it in front of the statue.

"The reaction has been really interesting.

"I am not particularly religious, but when we have asked people whether it is offensive, the result was 50-50."

A poll on this website on whether the bunny was offensive attracted 81 votes, with the majority saying it was not offensive.

The Robin Collective regularly runs House of Toast competitions, and the next one is on April 14 at Drink, Shop and Do in Caledonian Road, King's Cross.