The mother of one of the 'faces' on Epsom station says the illustration is ugly and "looks nothing like a child whatsoever" - let alone her young son.

Georgina Preston contacted the Epsom Guardian last week after realising one of the controversial faces is meant to be her child.

She said: "To my shock, I realised that one of them is of my then three-year-old son.

"I only realised it was him due to the comment of 'I love the toyshops' and the distinctive hood of his coat. 

"The actual illustration itself looks nothing like him." 

Mrs Preston said her husband contacted the designer of the faces, Nick Jameson, who confirmed it was their son and sent the couple the original photo taken of him three years ago.

Mr Jameson, an ex-student of Epsom's University for the Creative Arts (UCA), designed the permanent art installation as part of a competition agreed by the station’s developers, Solum Regenation, and Epsom Council.

Mrs Preston said: "My son is ecstatic that his 'picture' is on the station, however I feel the illustration is ugly, and nothing like his original photo.

"It looks nothing like a child whatsoever.

"It would also have been appropriate to make it obvious that the comment had come from a three-year-old.

"I had no idea the final result would look like this, and would probably not have entered him into it."