Unsuspecting passers-by could not believe their eyes after spotting what looked like a child stuck upside-down in the snow in Glasgow.

A pair of legs were planted at Anniesland Cross, just off Great Western Road, in an elaborate prank which fooled many.

One Twitter user said: "My youngest thought it was a real child."

Most of Glasgow was blanketed in snow after the so called "beast from the east" snowstorm hit last Wednesday and Thursday.