Parents are being warned after "dangerous" counterfeit Labubu dolls have been seized.

The viral toys have become a global collector's craze over recent months thanks to celebrity endorsement and spreading over social media platforms such as TikTok.

Labubus are a quirky fang-toothed “monster elf” figures made popular by Chinese toymaker Pop Mart, and are in such high demand that fake products are being made and released.

But in recent weeks, Trading Standards teams have seized thousands of unsafe counterfeit Labubu dolls.

In just one month, more than 2,000 were confiscated across 13 retailers in North Tyneside, with further seizures in Greater Manchester, Humberside, North Somerset, and Scotland.

Parents have been urged to look for genuine characteristics, such as nine teeth on 'The Mo

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