Some people complain the posters are too explicit

The widow of Beatle John Lennon has sparked complaints with her posters of a woman's breast or female genitalia.

Lewis Biggs, Chief Executive of Liverpool Biennial, said the poster was removed to cover a damaged one elsewhere in the city.

Some local people complained that the images displayed are too explicit.

Posters removed

Morality campaigner Mrs Ruth Slater of Merseyside Community Standards Association welcomed the removal of posters from the deconsecrated church.

"I am very glad to hear this but I was disappointed it was put there in the first place," she said.

Mrs Slater said she had been contacted by people who did not want to walk with their children on the streets, where the posters were displayed.

Mr Biggs said some of those objecting to the posters near the former church were people opposed to it becoming a peace centre, adding, "Yoko Ono is a person associated with peace."

A phone poll by BBC North West Tonight saw 92% of 6,000 viewers who contacted the programme call for all of the posters to be removed from Liverpool.