The new flat roof of Andy and Clare McInnes' house in Hungerford, Berkshire, had recently been completed by builders. Painting the enormous member took Rory only half an hour.

There it lurked for around twelve months, until a passing helicopter pilot spotted it, and let his passengers take photos. Fortunately for Rory, he was safely on the other side of the world when his parents found out, on a gap-year in Brazil.

Rory's mother, Clare, told The Sun: 'We don't want any more children, so the idea of sleeping under a giant fertility symbol is rather worrying.'

Rory is expected to have a cleaning job on his hands when he gets back home. Sadly for him, it appears that his original plan to have the massive organ recorded by Google has failed - Google Maps currently shows the house in its pristine, un-penised state.