Harrods is stripping out a lavish Egyptian-themed escalator and a series of statues of Mohammed Fayed after more than 100 women accused the disgraced former owner of rape and sexual assault.

Sixteen sculptures showing Fayed as an Egyptian pharaoh are set to be torn down as the Knightsbridge store attempts to erase his legacy.

The dramatic move will also see the removal of a five-storey escalator that the tycoon installed in the mid-1990s to celebrate his homeland, as per The Telegraph.

Store bosses said the current deign 'explicitly celebrates' Fayed, describing the busts of his face as a 'visual reminder of his misdeeds'.

Fayed sold Harrods to Qatar for £1.5billion in 2010, but survivors have long criticised the continued presence of the monuments.