appeal was set up to raise £50,000 to purchase the sculpture for the town. In December a local resident, Maureen Robinson donated £50,000 to the appeal, from her life savings. Robinson dedicated the gift to her husband Michael to mark their wedding anniversary on 19 December. The sculpture is now owned by Scarborough Borough Council and is considered a local landmark. At around 8pm on 26 January 2012 the sculpture was vandalised with yellow gloss paint. Due to the Belsen connection and for occurring on the eve of Holocaust Memorial Day an anti-Semitic motive was considered possible. The paint was removed by a council team on the day after the attack. Later in 2012 an explanatory plaque was added nearby. Also in 2012 Lonsdale proposed that the piece be moved to a position overlooking South Bay near to the Rotunda Museum, as it was suffering corrosion from sea water in rough weather. The move was planned for January 2013. Despite this, as of September 2020 the sculpture remained in its original location on Royal Albert Drive. Some of Lonsdale's other works are also located in the town, including The Tunney on Marine Drive, South Bay; The Smuggler's Apprentice on Merchant's Row, South Bay; A High Tide in Short Wellies in Filey and Pull Don't Push in Dalby Forest. Another of Lonsdale's works, 1101, known popularly as Tommy, depicting a First World War Soldier is situated in Seaham, County Durham. References 2011 sculptures Scarborough, North Yorkshire Steel sculptures in England Outdoor sculptures in England World War II memorials in England