Will Ferrell’s Elf costume fetches more than £200,000 at auction

The Elf costume sold for more than £200,000 (Andrew Matthews/PA) - (PA Wire)

Will Ferrell’s festive costume from the Christmas film Elf has fetched more than £200,000 at auction.

The film, about a man raised as one of Father Christmas’s elves who travels to New York to find his real father, was released in 2003 to widespread critical acclaim, and is considered to be one of the top Christmas films of all time.