Man claims Macca's wax head find

The head is listed to sell for between £5,000 and £10,000

A man has claimed to have found a waxwork head of ex-Beatle Sir Paul McCartney which was left on a train.

The model of the mop-topped star, which is to be auctioned on Sunday, was left under a seat by businessman Joby Carter at Maidenhead station on Thursday.

In a desperate bid to recover the item, which is listed to sell for up to £10,000, he offered a £2,000 reward.

Mr Carter has arranged to meet a man on Thursday who provided a photo of him with the head.

"We got a phone call from Abbey Road studios from a man claiming to have the head," Mr Carter said.

"We've had a lot of pranks calls so my assistant asked him to send in a picture and, lo and behold, there he is holding the head.

"He has not given us much information but he wanted to meet me personally."

First auction

The waxwork model was made in the 1960s and displayed at the Louis Tussaud's museum in Great Yarmouth.

Carter's Entertainment auctioneers are auctioning it along with other fairground memorabilia in Maidenhead, Berkshire.

"This is the first auction I've organised so you can't imagine my relief at the hope of getting the head back.

"It may cost me £2,000 in a reward but it will save my face.

"The silly thing is since the appeal to find the head we've had more bids come in, with interest from Japan and America, and the sell price is guaranteed to have gone up.

"But I will think twice about organising another auction," Mr Carter added.