A man has been arrested for drawing up to 30 phallic shapes on the walls and displays throughout an IKEA store.

The 31-year-old man from Aalborg, Denmark, took advantage of the Swedish store's policy of providing free wooden pencils to customers visiting the shop.

In a bizarre act of vandalism the unnamed man proceeded to calmly walk through the warehouse drawing small penises on the walls and pieces of furniture which were on display.

The unnamed 31-year-old man from Aalborg, Denmark, took advantage of the Swedish store's policy of providing free wooden pencils to customers visiting the shop (pictured: a stock image of an IKEA store)

IKEA staff eventually caught up with the vandal who had left a trail of crudely drawn genitalia in his wake and reported him to the police.

'He drew up to 30 penises on walls and shelves around the warehouse,' Rikke Poulsen from the North Jutland police told Berlingske News Bureau.

After he was caught the man initially denied that he was responsible for the drawings and claimed his curious crime was inspired by having seen someone else do it first.

Mr Poulsen said: 'The man has admitted to being behind these drawings, but not as many as 30.

'He has no prior convictions and he has explained that he did it because he had seen similar drawings in IKEA.

'He has regretted his actions, but that doesn't change the fact that he has still committed vandalism.'

The man was handed a suspended prison sentence of 20 days.