The Green Man was originally carved and fitted to cover up a crack in one of the arched windows on the outside of Fountains Abbey. The statue itself is a man's head, with vines flowing out of his ...

Wood sculptor Simon O'Rourke spent 12 hours carving a giant "Green Man" face into 18ft tall trunk of the 242-year-old cedar tree, which split in half during a storm.

The Green Man is thought to be a symbol of another religion apart from Christianity (possibly Paganism), and can be found in many churches, abbeys and cathedrals across the UK.

The tree was planted in 1780 and was 150ft tall before it snapped in half during a storm last year ...