A BARE-BOTTOMED statue 'baring' Blackburn Rovers' motto became a Burnley fan overnight.

A cheeky supporter placed a Clarets scarf around the neck of the giant figure, which lies across a slab of stone at the roundabout at the junction of the Lower Eccleshill Link Road and the M65.

The £27,000 sculpture features the Blackburn with Darwen and Blackburn Rovers' motto 'Arte et Labour' (Skill and Labour).

The sculpture, unveiled in November 1999, is just down the road from Ewood Park.