ON THE MOOOVE!
RAGING Bull, the star of the Commonwealth Games, has been dismantled and loaded on to a lorry ahead of its promised return to a prominent site.
Artem, the company which created the Bull, says it was taken apart so it could be transported for ‘‘modifications’’ before being put on display again.
The beloved bull first stole the hearts of Midlanders during the Opening Ceremony of the Games and stood proudly in Centenary Square for eight weeks as millions flocked to snap a selfie with the beast.
A team of workers descended on a car park in Ladywood early on Monday, where it had been covered in tarpaulin for nearly two weeks. It was removed yesterday. A tight-lipped spokesman for Artem would not reveal the bull’s new stomping ground. But the Londonbased firm did reveal it would be ‘‘returned’’ to the company for repair work before it was moved to its permanent home. The spokesman said: “The Birmingham Bull is currently being dismantled (for transport) and returned to us for modifications prior to being installed in its permanent home. We are so proud that hundreds of thousands of people came to see the bull during the weeks he was based in Centenary Square.
“We are unable to disclose the nature of our client’s instructions, time-frame or plans for the future, for reasons of confidentiality, but fully expect the bull to be viewed by many more people in the years to come,” he added. Despite appearances, the Raging Bull is not actually made from metal but rather is constructed from a combination of aluminium tubing, foam and plastic.