An activist has taken a hammer to a controversial sculpture that stands above the BBC’s Broadcasting Home.
The statute – Prospero and Ariel – was made by artist Eric Gill and campaigners have lengthy requested for it to be eliminated after it was revealed that Gill sexually abused his two eldest daughters.
His 1932 statue, which is impressed by Shakespeare’s play The Tempest, occupies a outstanding place on the entrance to the BBC’s Broadcasting Home in Portland Place, London.
Police look on as activist makes an attempt to break a statue by Eric Gill on BBC Broadcasting Home
Officers cordon off the realm because the activist is seen trying to break the statue
A cordon was put in place and cops stood on guard as the person, who appeared to have used a ladder to achieve the statue, started hammering away at it.
In the meantime, one other man live-streamed the incident on social media earlier than police intervened.
Video from the scene confirmed the person repeatedly smashing the statue with the hammer.
It’s understood the incident started at about 5pm and the Metropolitan Police have been contacted for remark.
Eric Gill was one of the revered artists of the twentieth century when he died in 1940.
Nevertheless his diaries, revealed in 1989, revealed that he frequently abused his daughters Betty and Petra, in addition to the household canine.