I made this tiger at least 20 years ago and it no longer looks so pristine.. He was never for sale as he'd become a landmark for  walkers on the nearby footpath. He has been quietly disintegrating, but May 3rd 2020 someone with little idea of how an escaped tiger would either look or behave reported him to the police. 

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A police helicopter and 10 armed police turned up to sort it out. At  a time when all the news was of people dying of Covid 19 this brought the tiger 48 hours of fame. It was reported in The Guardian, The Times (fourth most read article) The Express, Mail, Hindustani Times, The Telegraph, on Have I Got New for You, in an interview on Radio 1 Breakfast, and in reports from USA, Germany, Netherlands......
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MEANWHILE a millennium project 20 years on looks shabby and local councils are financially under great pressure so I offer to do some restoration to the one I did in Sevenoaks.

A grandson fixes a new cat which was stolen years ago.
CTV later installed prevented further vandalism.
​This one will need a pick axe to remove.

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