Exclusive: Ghosts star clears up "fake news" over which prop she took home from the show

It's been almost three years since Ghosts aired its final episode, with a touching Christmas special that saw Button House converted into a hotel. The conclusion saw Alison and Mike beginning their new chapter with baby Mia, while the ghosts spent their afterlife spying on the various new hotel guests.

But what exactly happened to all the props that adorned the spooky mansion after the show wrapped? Well, Martha Howe-Douglas has revealed that she has "shrine" to her character Lady Fanny Button in her house.

"I've got quite a few [props]," she told Digital Spy at the world premiere of Ghosts: The Possession of Button House.

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"I've got the Button House sign, I've got the portrait, Fanny's portrait, which is hanging in my dining room and I've also now got the dress and I'm going to put that in like a display frame to go on my stairwell.

"I've basically got a shrine to Fanny all over my house."

The star explained that some of the items were needed for the upcoming film, but are now "safely back" in her home. She went on to debunk rumours that she had taken Dante, Fanny's beloved taxidermied dog, insisting she's "not that greedy".

"I think there's discussion on the internet that I've got Dante the dog, I don't. It is fake news. I don't have Dante, I'm not that greedy but I do have most other things.

"Dante, as far as I know, is still at West Horsley," she added.

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While Howe-Douglas created a shrine for her character, her co-star Jim Howick only kept a few of Pat's props after the show ended.

"I kept the glasses, I kept the watch. I was going to wear them [at the premiere], but I decided not to in the end, maybe a bit too much. I've got the scarf, but I only got that since the film," he said.

Elsewhere, Laurence Rickard, who plays both Robin and Humphrey, proudly showcased the prop of Humphrey's decapitated head, which he had brought to the premiere.

He also shared that he has "the portrait of Humphrey with the slit in his neck", which was used in the film before being returned to him.

Ghosts: The Possession of Button House is released in UK cinemas on 23 October.

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