A spoof sculpture trail which includes such highlights as an abandoned bath and a derelict house has been created to poke fun at art critics.

A leaflet promoting the fictitious Colne Valley Sculpture Trail near Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, showcases 12 eyesores which have supposedly been produced by modern artists.

The blurb which goes along with each piece mocks the buzzwords favoured by certain critics and artists.

The abandoned bath is supposedly a piece called Wash Behind the Ears, and is described as dealing with "the contradictory concepts of filth and cleanliness, typically by placing a familiar bathroom item in a countryside setting".

It continues: "Here, bathtub is rendered repugnant by dirt, brambles, and a crude gash where the hot tap should be."

A section of collapsed drystone wall titled Wall/Fall/Wall is supposedly the work of Karen Braithwaite who built it then destroyed some of it "with some violence".

It continues: "The resulting piece suggests a sense of bereavement, the turf above almost seeming to weep."

The leaflet which can be seen on the mapfodder.com website is a deliberate attempt to mock art gallery pomposity, but features a real-life three mile section of Pennines countryside.

Its anonymous creator told the Yorkshire Post: "I liked the idea of printing the trail as a tourism leaflet, and leaving it lying about for people to pick up thinking it's genuine, and gradually get the joke, and having no idea who did it or why."