The Henry Moore’s massive bronze sculpture, known as Reclining Figure, was taken from the 28-hectare estate that is home to Moore’s former studios, barns and gallery in Much Hadham, Hertfordshire — about 50 kilometres north of London — on Dec. 15, 2005 UK police reported.
At the time, police had surmised that the theft of the 3.4-metre-long sculpture, created 1969 to 1970, was ordered by a private art collector but actually it was melted down and sold for no more than £1,500 ($2,678 Cdn) as scrap metal.
“We have evidence and information suggesting it was cut up on the night, then taken to a location where it was irreparably damaged before it was shipped abroad,” Det. Chief Insp. Jon Humphries, of Hertfordshire police, told The Observer newspaper.
“In my mind we’ve managed to kill off the mystery as much as is possible.”
“Culture is the name for what people are interested in, their thoughts, their models, the books they read and the speeches they hear, their table-talk, gossip, controversies, historical sense and scientific training, the values they appreciate, the quality of life they admire. All communities have a culture. It is the climate of their civilization”.
So, dont you think that something happened with “the climate of their civilization”?