Thieves steal gold foetus sculpture
Stolen: If Jesus Had Been An Abortion How Happy Would We Be by American artist Stephen J Shanabrook
12 April 2012
An £8,000 gold-plated cast of an illegally aborted foetus has been stolen from a London gallery.
Two thieves smashed into the Orel Art UK gallery in Victoria in what is thought to be a pro-life protest.
If Jesus Had Been An Abortion How Happy Would We Be by American artist Stephen J Shanabrook is a bronze cast of a foetus from the Sixties, plated in 24-carat gold.
Gallery owner Julian Farrow said no other exhibits were touched: "It will be a very hard thing to get rid off.
"We're wondering whether this is motivated by a political or religious take on the work."
The break-in on Saturday was discovered by guards on a routine patrol at 2pm.
