Flora (sculpture)

[3] Shortly after the purchase, The Times ran an article claiming that the bust was the work of Lucas, having been commissioned to produce it from a painting.

Lucas's son, Albert, then came forward and swore under oath that the story was correct and that he had helped his father to make it.

Albert was able to explain how the layers of wax had been built up from old candle ends; he also described how his father would stuff various debris, including newspapers, inside the bust.

When the Berlin museum staff removed the base they found the debris, just as Albert had described it, including a letter dated in the 1840s.

[4][5] The bust remains on display in what is now the Bode Museum labeled "England", "19th Century" with a question mark.