http://www.artdigestdaily.com/2005/12/20/ballsy-thieves-pilfer-massive-moore-sculpture/ Art Digest Daily brings news about art from all over the web to one convenient, syndicated blog. Updated every weekday. Thu, 20 Nov 2008 12:24:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0 http://www.artdigestdaily.com/2005/12/20/ballsy-thieves-pilfer-massive-moore-sculpture/#comment-15 Thu, 26 Jan 2006 18:37:57 +0000 http://www.artdigestdaily.com/2005/12/20/ballsy-thieves-pilfer-massive-moore-sculpture/#comment-15 [...] Thieves recently struck again in what is turning into a rash of thefts of public bronze sculptures in England, this time making off with one of the three standing figures from sculptor Lynn Chadwick’s The Three Watchers (1960). The Guardian reported yesterday that the incident is the 20th such theft within the last year. The issue blew wide open late in 2005 when a two-tonne, £3 million Henry Moore bronze, Reclining Figure, was carried off in the dead of night by thieves using a portable crane and a stolen truck. [...] […] Thieves recently struck again in what is turning into a rash of thefts of public bronze sculptures in England, this time making off with one of the three standing figures from sculptor Lynn Chadwick’s The Three Watchers (1960). The Guardian reported yesterday that the incident is the 20th such theft within the last year. The issue blew wide open late in 2005 when a two-tonne, £3 million Henry Moore bronze, Reclining Figure, was carried off in the dead of night by thieves using a portable crane and a stolen truck. […]

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