 The head was knocked off with a cricket bat |
An Italian marble sculpture of Baroness Thatcher, which was decapitated by a protester in 2002, has been restored and is back on display. The 8ft, �150,000 statue is now being exhibited in a glass case in the Guildhall in the City of London.
Protester Paul Kelleher, 37, knocked the head off with a cricket bat and metal bar, just two months after it was unveiled by the former prime minister.
Kelleher, of Isleworth, west London, was sentenced to three months in 2003.
The job, estimated to have cost �3,000, was to restore the head and repair the nose and upper lip.
Keith Taylor, of Taylor Pearce Restoration Services, said it was a very clean break across the neck, which has been reinforced with a central steel bar.
Lionel Altman, chairman of the Corporation of London's Libraries, Guildhall Art Gallery and Archives Committee, said: "Whatever one's views on Baroness Thatcher's politics, she was unquestionably one of the key leaders of 20th century Britain, and it is therefore an honour for the Corporation of London to house this statue."
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