Burglars stole four valuable bronze sculptures from the garden of best-selling author Jeffrey Archer's home, The Old Vicarage, while he and his wife were sleeping. Among the stolen pieces was 'Oceanides' by Maurice Lambert, which was intended for the Tate Gallery after Archer's death.
Celebrated poet Rupert Brooke, in his ode The Old Vicarage , Grantchester , said of the historic Cambridgeshire home: ‘But Grantchester ! ah, Grantchester ! There’s peace and holy quiet there.’ Jeffrey Archer , who has owned The Old Vicarage since 1979, has had that peace disturbed by a gang of raiders. The Daily Mail can disclose that burglars broke in to the 17th century property this week while the best-selling author and his wife, Dame Mary Archer, were asleep at night.
The gang stole four precious bronze sculptures, worth tens of thousands of pounds, from the back garden. ‘The saddest thing is that, according to the police, the thieves will almost certainly melt down the sculptures and the bronze will be worth just a few hundred pounds,’ Lord Archer told the Daily Mail last night. ‘The sculptures are a real loss to the nation. One of them was Oceanides, by Maurice Lambert. 'Sir Nicholas Serota, when he was director of the Tate Gallery, told me that it was a very important piece, so I had left it in my will to the Tate, so that it could be enjoyed by thousands of people after my death. Sadly, that won’t happen now.’ Lord Archer, whose novels include Honour Among Thieves, does not expect to see his cherished sculptures again. Jeffrey Archer, who has owned The Old Vicarage since 1979 has had is home broken into by thieves The Old Vicarage in Grantchester the home of Jeffrey Archer and his wife, Dame Mary Archer since 1979 The gang stole four precious bronze sculptures, worth tens of thousands of pounds, from the back garden ‘The police have been very good, and came immediately, but the gang clearly knew what they were doing. They had the professional equipment to remove the sculptures.’ It is not the first time that the Archers’ garden has been targeted by criminals. In 2007, a 6ft life-size bronze sculpture of a naked shepherd herding his sheep was stolen. It was thought to be worth tens of thousands of pound
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