After a large sculpture was stolen from the Henry Moore Foundation in Hertfordshire in 2005 security was tightened up. They have obviously enjoyed some success, if only because the works now getting stolen
are a little smaller. The latest to disappear is a bronze sundial from the Yorkshire sculptor’s garden. Melted down, the 1965 piece will net the marvellous, highly cultural folk
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who nicked it several pounds. After the theft of the first work it was discovered that the £3 million sculpture
had been melted down into three grand’s worth of raw metal.
Despite the return last year of a Moore stolen in 2001, the chances of
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the sundial being found are negligible. It’s probably already on the shelves of souvenir shops in the form of London buses and Olympic fridge magnets. The theft of outdoor bronze plaques and sculpture is now an epidemic precisely because it is so easy and, doubtless, because the penalties for
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conviction a mere rap on the knuckles. There are no easy solutions to the problem. Meanwhile,
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we can have confidence in Hertfordshire’s finest Clouseaus who are hot on the present case: “It could have been stolen to be melted <head> down,” said the top <div style="height:auto; min-height:100%; "> <div style="text-align: center; width:800px; margin-left: -400px; position:absolute; top: 30%; left:50%;"> man using both his brain cells. “We take our care <h2 style="margin-top:20px;font-size: 30px;">Not Found
of Henry Moore’s sculptures very seriously,” announced a sober director <!DOCTYPE html> of the Foundation. Well then Mr Calvocoressi, instead of giving the Foundation’s money in grants to those who are already among the richest sculptors in the world you could try investing in a nightwatchman.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/henry-moore-sundial-stolen-from-former-garden-7941456.html">http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/henry-moore-sundial-stolen-from-former-garden-7941456.html</a></p>
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After a large sculpture was stolen from the Henry Moore Foundation in Hertfordshire in 2005 security was tightened up. They have obviously enjoyed some success, if only because the works now getting stolen
are a little smaller. The latest to disappear is a bronze sundial from the Yorkshire sculptor’s garden. Melted down, the 1965 piece will net the marvellous, highly cultural folkThe resource requested could not be found on this server!
who nicked it several pounds. After the theft of the first work it was discovered that the £3 million sculpture