A marble sculpture has been stolen from a Whanganui gallery... right under the gallery owner's nose.
Totem, a 50-cm high marble sculpture by Whanganui-based artist Hamish Horsley was part of an exhibition at the WHMilbank Gallery in Bell St.
On May 26, while gallery owner Bill Milbank was showing some customers artwork in the rear of the gallery, someone came in and took the sculpture from its position near the front door.
It is worth $3300, and was not insured. The police are aware of the theft.
"It was a reasonable weight, but one person would be able to lift it by themselves," Mr Milbank said.