Skeletal winged bodies of fairies, werewolves and aliens were said to have been found in the basement of an old house in London.

The macabre collection features what appears to be a range of mythical beasts, in cases and jars in gruesome poses.

Fairies seen with their flesh rotted away and their wings nailed to display boards are joined by sinister-looking contorted alien bodies and hairy humanoid remains.

The hoard also featured sketches of Jack the Ripper victims Catherine Eddowes and Elizabeth Stride along with alleged human hearts and other organs preserved in jars.

The gruesome exhibits were said to have been the collection of Thomas Theodore Merrylin, who was described as “a rich aristocrat and biologist in the 1800s”.