The world's most expensive handbag has been created to help raise awareness of ocean pollution.

(Sky News)

The item costs €6m (£5.3m), with €800,000 (£714,000) of the proceeds going towards operations to clean the seas.

Made of semi-shiny alligator, the bag is embellished with a diamond pavé accessory and 10 white gold butterflies with sapphires, diamonds and Paraiba tourmalines, for a total of over 130 carats.

It takes 1,000 hours to make each bag, and there are only three of them available.

The luxury Italian brand, Boarini Milanesi, that came up with the bag is concerned about the impact of non-biodegradable plastics on marine conservation.

"Recently, I have seen even more plastic in the sea than when I was a child, due to the pandemic and all the gloves and face masks that are being carelessly thrown away," said the company's co-founder Matteo Rodolfo Milanesi.

The bag was inspired by memories of his father, who was committed to clean water and who died when Mr Milanesi was a teenager.

(Lupni.com/Sky News)