The 1st was a gallery security guard he gave an account of how he “restrained” Paul whilst Paul was in the process of attaching the picture if his son elliot to the haywain.

Then we heard from a restoration expert on how the painting was “repaired”…she explained how the picture of elliot was removed used a mild solvent (which was later revealed to be white spirit).we heard how it took her 25 minutes to remove the picture and a further 4-5 hours to reapply a new level of varnish.

The 3rd witness was the gallery head of restoration…. This got very interesting as it became evident that the crown figure of damage (around 3k) was predominantly made up of staff time…but these staff were salaried employees so we’re effectively…