even Miliband's close advisers cannot confirm its fate." In January 2016 two party officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, told Bloomberg News that the stone had been destroyed in the weeks following 7 May 2015, putting an end to eight months of speculation about its whereabouts. In May 2017, it was revealed that the EdStone had become a decoration in the Ivy Chelsea Garden restaurant on King's Road in West London. The restaurant's owners said that it had been bought two years earlier in a charity auction because it would be "fun" to have an "iconic image of the election" in the garden. Steve Vanhinsbergh, co-owner of stoneCIRCLE, doubted this was the authentic stone, for practical reasons and the fact that he was "99% sure" it had been demolished. Initial enquiries aimed to determine why spending incurred on the stone tablet was missing from the Labour Party's campaign spending return. It was established that these payments, totalling £7,614, were missing from the party's return and the Electoral Commission launched an investigation which uncovered other undeclared expenses. The Commission concluded that the party's spending return was incomplete, as it omitted 74 payments totalling £123,748, along with 33 separate invoices totalling £34,392. The registered treasurer of the party, Iain McNicol, was charged with two offences under the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000 and the Labour Party was fined £20,000. At the time, this was the largest fine the Commission had imposed since it began operations in 2001. References 2015 in British politics 2015 sculptures History of the Labour Party (UK) 2015 United Kingdom general election Ed Miliband Politics of Hastings Stone objects