A model of the dead parrot at the centre of the famous Monty Python sketch has been recreated on a giant scale and placed in London. See pictures and a video.

A customer, Mr. Praline (John Cleese) enters a pet shop (run by Michael Palin) to complain about his parrot. Praline claims it was dead when he sold it, but the shopkeeper keeps trying to convince him ...

What went wrong for the 'Monty Python' star's ambitious venture ... Or will it remain a tantalizing 'what could have been', a dead parrot in the annals of television history?