THE "iconic" Gorbals Boys sculptures which were cut and stolen from their Glasgow home have been found.

It comes after our sister paper The National first reported that they had gone missing from their home in the Gorbals sometime before Monday morning.

Police confirmed they were probing the incident, as the First Minister spoke out about the impact of the theft on the community in her constituency.

"It is deeply disappointing to see two of the three iconic Gorbals Boys bronze sculptures so horribly vandalised," Nicola Sturgeon said.

Glasgow Times:

Now, just one day after they were first reported missing, they have been recovered, The National has been told.

It is understood that they were spotted by a passenger on a train who saw them dumped on an embankment.

It was put to this paper that the media attention around the theft meant the sculptures were “too hot” to sell on even as scrap, and so the thieves ditched them.

The sculpture, which featured three young lads trying on their mothers’ shoes, was created by local resident Liz Peden and unveiled by the First Minister in 2008.

Based on an image (shown below) captured by the famed Scots photographer Oscar Marzaroli in the 1960s, the three bronze figures each wore shoes of chrome.

Glasgow Times:

Police Scotland has been approached for comment.

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