In 2002 Paul Kelleher attempted to decapitate a marble statue of Margaret Thatcher using what 'weapon', he failed, but succeeded using a metal rope support stanchion?
Statue of Margaret Thatcher (London Guildhall) there by Thatcher in May 1998. On 3 July 2002, theatre producer Paul Kelleher decapitated the statue while it was on display at Guildhall Art Gallery. Having unsuccessfully taken a swing at the statue with a Slazenger V600 cricket bat concealed in his trousers, Kelleher picked up a metal pole from a nearby rope cordon and used it to decapitate the £150,000 statue. After the beheading he waited to be arrested by the police who arrived minutes later. He joked on capture, "I think it looks better like that." Following the loss of its head, the statue was removed from
Statue of Margaret Thatcher (London Guildhall) February 2007, a new statue of Thatcher was commissioned in 2003 from sculptor Antony Dufort and this time in tougher silicon bronze. It was erected on the reserved plinth in the Members' Lobby. The rule against living subjects had been relaxed by this stage and Thatcher unveiled the statue. By then, the marble statue had been repaired, but it remains in Guildhall. After several years in the Guildhall Art Gallery, the statue was moved to a corridor location elsewhere in the Guildhall building. Statue of Margaret Thatcher (London Guildhall) The statue of Margaret Thatcher in the Guildhall, London, is a