Chart-topping boyband The Wanted were "freaked out" when they were sent "sexual voodoo dolls" from crazed fans.

The hunky five-piece - comprising Jay McGuiness, Tom Parker, Siva Kaneswaran, Max George and Nathan Sykes - have amassed a legion of female admirers since bursting onto the music scene a couple of years ago.

McGuiness says the attention isn't always welcome though.

Speaking to British newspaper the Daily Star he explained: ''Some fans are crazy. They sent us voodoo dolls, one of each of us. But they weren't the ones that you stick pins in.

He added: ''They were covered in signs saying where they want to touch us and do stuff to us, it was really sexual. They were like sexual voodoo dolls. It freaked me right out - it was very creepy.''

The Wanted are no strangers to overzealous female fans and once found a girl hidden away in their tour bus.

George previously explained: “We found her on the bus and she was begging us to let her stay. I said to her, ‘Well, you can, but you need to think really carefully about travelling with a bunch of lads.’ Then I started to see things weren’t right. She started to scare the s**t out of me, to be honest. She was a big girl from Wigan and it became one of the most scary things I’ve seen from a fan.

He added: “I had been sort of joking with her but then she wouldn’t leave the bus. She just refused to go. Security ended up coming and literally pulled her out.”