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A comedy painting featured in hit show 'Allo 'Allo has sold for £4,000 - with the proceeds going to charity.
The work, titled The Fallen Madonna With The Big Boobies, was hung in character Rene Artois's French cafe in the series. In one episode he had to hide it inside to keep it from the Gestapo.
In 1992, when the classic came to the end of its run, set designer Shaun Moore took it away and gave it pride of place in hit own home.
He recently decided to auction it for a charity that provides for children’s education in Oxfordshire, however. The designer commented: “What’s more important — a nice painting on my wall or the ability of a child to access schooling?”
The work, titled The Fallen Madonna With The Big Boobies, was hung in character Rene Artois's French cafe in the series. In one episode he had to hide it inside to keep it from the Gestapo.
In 1992, when the classic came to the end of its run, set designer Shaun Moore took it away and gave it pride of place in hit own home.
He recently decided to auction it for a charity that provides for children’s education in Oxfordshire, however. The designer commented: “What’s more important — a nice painting on my wall or the ability of a child to access schooling?”
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