'Stolen' statues of Gorbals Boys playing in high heels found

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'Stolen' statues of Gorbals Boys playing in high heels found
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The sculptures, based on a renowned Glasgow photograph, were discovered on a railway embankment.

A member of the public later spotted them abandoned on a railway embankment.The statues appear to have been cut at the legs

Director Fraser Stewart said he was thankful to Ms Gray and was delighted that both works had been returned to the community. "Whilst Police Scotland investigate the matter, I know that everyone in the community will support the return, as soon as possible, of the Gorbals Boys sculptures to where they belong."

In 2021, a work made in 1998 as part of a traffic calming measure, was also damaged at the end of when nine of the pine cone bollards created with artist Cath Keay were stolen.

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