A British company specializing in custom coffins said orders have been pouring in for caskets shaped like beer bottles, cell phones and other objects.

David Crampton, managing director of Crazy Coffins, said the caskets, which cost between $3,280 and $9,840, inject a little light into the darkness of a funeral, The Sun reported Monday.

"We give families the option to try and make a difficult event more cheerful," he said. "It isn't for everybody but it's something people can choose if they want to do things differently and try and make a few people smile on the day."

Crampton said many of his clients are people preparing for their own deaths.

"One customer spent most of his holidays on the Orient Express with his wife. He decided when he dies he wants to be buried in a replica of the coach he always used," he said. "He has visited the crematorium to check it will fit and paid in full for it."