|Fake Labubu dolls accounted for 90% of the £3.5 million worth of counterfeit toys seized at the UK border this year, with three-quarters failing vital safety tests, authorities have warned.
Labubu, a monster toy created by Hong Kong-born artist Kasing Lung and made popular through a collaboration with Pop Mart, is marketed as an adult collectable, though the toys are hugely popular with children.
But testing on the seized fake Labubus and other counterfeit toys found banned chemicals linked to cancer, as well as serious choking hazards.
Earlier this month, 100 fake Labubu dolls – dubbed Lafufus – were seized in raids on two west London shops after they were found to pose a potentially fatal choking hazard for children
