The Kidnapped Sculpture – “Don’t Go Breaking My Art!”

Last week a sculpture was “kidnapped” off a London street. “The kidnappers, who call themselves AK47, have headlined their ransom note: “Don’t go breaking my art” – believed to be a cryptic reference to the Elton John/Kiki Dee No 1 hit from 1976. They state: “We are AK47. We have captured Rodin’s Drinker – a conceptual statue by art terrorist Banksy. Is it art or is it kidnap?” A second series of images shows the kidnap taking place. The sculpture has a strip of gaffer tape across his eyes and mouth. It is loaded on to a van and transported to what looks like a warehouse. The final picture is blurred, but it seems to show a hand holding a gun to the statue.”