Wooden statues have been vandalised in a Norfolk village. 

Wooden carvings in South Creak were spray painted in an act of vandalism on Monday afternoon or evening.

The carvings were created from the stumps of trees that had been on the green for over 40 years in the village near Fakenham.

Hazel Blythe is the owner of a memorial statue of her dog Jess and says she is "heartbroken" at seeing it being vandalised.

She said: "We lost Jess last September and the parish council decided to make one of the statues a life-size carving of her with a plaque on.

The memorial carving of beloved local dog JessThe memorial carving of beloved local dog Jess (Image: South Creake Hall)

"We used to walk her there every day.

"Holidaymakers love the carving, kids have had their photos taken sitting on Jess's back, the statues had only been there a couple of months. 

"Yesterday I went over the green with my new dog and I noticed what had happened. 

"It makes you want to cry all over again. 

"It's vandalism for no reason; what do they get out of doing something like this?

The vandalised statues (Image: South Creake Hall) Instead of completely removing the trees, the parish council had decided to have them made into carvings by local carver Henry Hepworth-Smith.

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(Image: South Creake Hall) South Creake Memorial Pavilion and South Creake Parish Council are asking anyone with any information about the vandalism to contact them.