Emergency services descended on a Southport park on Sunday amid reports that body parts had been found.
Police closed off a section of Botanic Gardens throughout the evening after receiving the call from a concerned member of the public.
Merseyside Fire & Rescue Service was also sent to deal with the possibility of an underwater search being carried out in the park’s lake.
The presence of police cars and a fire engine at the park had sparked some concern from members of the public, with rumours surfacing online about what had triggered the response.
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But rather than a gruesome discovery, a police search then found that the item in question was in fact part of a plastic skeleton.
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A police spokesman said: “We got a call around 6pm when it was reported that possible human remains had been found in Botanic Gardens.
“We’ve gone and searched the area and it’s been confirmed as a plastic skeleton.”
A section of the park was closed for several hours by police, while fire officers spent around half an hour at the scene.
