HASLEMERE Hares organiser Brian Howard has appealed to thieves who stole ‘Liz HAREly’ from The Georgian Hotel to return the artwork, which stood to raise hundreds of pounds for charity.

The hare (left), designed by Surrey artist Christopher Cole to look like actress Liz Hurley wearing her famous Versace safety pin dress, was last seen by the hotel entrance in the High Street, on Saturday night, having been on show for a month.

Mr Howard said: “The joke’s over now if it was an alcohol-fuelled prank. The theft has been reported to the police.

“We are hoping whoever took it will be shamed into returning it. Charities will lose out, if we don’t have it to sell in aid of good causes.”