IT LOOKED like any other charity clothing bin - decorated with a dove of peace logo and strategically positioned to catch the eye of worshippers as they parked at an Anglican church in Sydney's inner west.

The only problem was nobody knew who owned the bin or saw who dropped it off at St James Church in Croydon.

Now you see it, now you don't ... the Reverend Jon Guyer said he was suspicious of the bin's origin. Credit:Tamara Dean

''They must have put it there in the middle of the night,'' said the St James assistant minister, the Reverend Jon Guyer.

''It was quite bold. There was a little dove on it and it makes it look like a charity.''