A sculpture made from 100,000 blades known as the Knife Angel is on display in Milton Keynes.

The 27-foot-tall statue made by artist Alfie Bradley and the British Ironworks Centre highlights knife crime in the UK.

Individuals anonymously donated their knives to 200 knife banks before the statue was built in 2018.

A sculpture made of 10000 knives has arrived in Milton Keynes.

The Knife Angel (also referred to as the National Monument Against Violence & Aggression) is a contemporary sculpture formed of 100,000 knives created by artist Alfie Bradley and the British Ironworks Centre, based in Oswestry, England.

Completed in 2018, the structure of the angel stands at 27 ft (8.2 m) tall. In order to create the sculpture, 200 knife banks were produced by the Ironworks and amnesties held for individuals to anonymously donate their knives. Knives seized by police were also included, some of which arrived in evidence tubes still with bodily fluids on their surface.

The sculpture was created in order to highlight knife crime in the United Kingdom and educate young people on the harmful effect violent behaviour can have on their communities