It seems like a public art fiasco. A decade old missing aluminum horse sculpture was found in someones backyard about the same  time as a rhino sculpture was nicked from outside a Tampa business. Seems like the Tampa police will need to take art appreciation lessons if this continues.
Someone obviously fancied themselves as a bit of an artist,as they gave the horse sculpture a bit of a once over with white paint.  They weren’t very imaginative though, painting three legs and part of its face. The horse was discovered after a tip off. Hmm the lady of the house claims her ex bought it at a yard sale for $25 ( Don’t tell Antique Roadshow!). And no, she ain’t confessing to the paint job either. The horse will be going back to the artist’s widow.
The Rhino sculpture on the other hand is still missing. The rhino, which is 10 feet long, 5 feet wide and weighs a few hundred pounds, was last seen outside a business on 12th street.

UPDATE : Stop the presses, Rhino sculpture has been found. The 200lb  steel sculpture was found dumped in the parking lot of the Round Up bar on W. Hillsborough Avenue. 

The Old Garden State Park racetrack (New Jersey) won’t be getting their $500,000 bronze horse statue back. Ian MacDonald has been charged with cutting it off at its base and selling it to a salvage yard after police were given a tip off.  How did he do that? One ton bronze horse wouldn’t have been the easiest thing in the world to move (lucky it didn’t fall on him!). What must really peeve the owners of the horse statue is Mr MacDonald got $4,000 for his efforts. Surely the owners of the Salvage Yard should have been charged. A guy walks into their yard with a big bronze horse under his arm. Dah its stolen!