A 23-year-old man accused of leaving a teddy bear designed to look like it was made from human skin outside a Victorville convenience store on Sunday, prompting an investigation from local law enforcement after a 911 caller believed the artwork to be human remains, has been arrested.

He was arrested on suspicion of causing a false report and intentionally planting false evidence after someone else saw the bear and called authorities, the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department said on Monday.

“Incidents such as this take up valuable emergency resources and put the public at risk, possibly delaying response time to legitimate calls for service,” the Sheriff’s Department said in a statement.

Investigators, who didn’t say how they found the suspect, said they hadn’t determined a motive.

Robert Kelly, the owner and artist behind DarkSeed Creations in South Carolina, said his phone was flooded with messages after news broke of possible human remains found Sunday in front of an ampm in the 13600 block of Bear Valley Road in Victorville.

Past customers told Kelly they recognized the evidence being taken from the scene as one of Kelly’s signature works, a $165 teddy bear made from dyed and painted latex meant to look like human skin, he said.

Deputies responded around noon to the convenience store, where a caller told dispatchers he or she found what appeared to be human remains, said Mara Rodriguez, a spokesperson for the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department.

The coroner’s office gathered the evidence and determined the bear contained no human remains.

Kelly, who has been a horror special-effects artist for more than 20 years, said he fulfilled an Etsy order last week that was shipped to Victorville.

Most customers, he said, buy from his shop to decorate haunted houses and other horror attractions. Kelly said he doesn’t know why the Victorville customer purchased one of his pieces, but he did suspect it could have been a prank.

“We got blindsided by it,” Kelly said. “We don’t know much.”