Bucket trail delivered major ARCHIE boost

The Oor Wullie Bucket Trail raised an incredible £883,000 for The ARCHIE Foundation last year.

Artists decorated 70 Oor Wullie statues, 55 of which were then put on public display in Dundee for 10 weeks while the rest went on tour around Scotland.

More than 70,000 people picked up our downloaded maps while the event brought in around 124,000 tourists to Dundee.

The Bucket Trail also caused a social media explosion, with 1.34 million selfies taken alongside the statues posted online.

Additionally, 8,000 people visited Slessor Gardens when all the statues went on display before they were auctioned off at a gala event at Dundee Rep in September.

Prices for the unique sculptures which were dotted around Dundee ranged from £6,500 to tens of thousands of pounds when they went under the hammer at Dundee Rep.

The Oor Original Sculpture, which was placed at the City Quay, went for the highest fee.

It was bought by businessman Garreth Wood, who owns the The Boozy Cow in Roseangle. The son of Sir Ian Wood paid £50,000 for the sculpture.

Euromillions winner Gillian Bayford splashed out £103,000 on five different sculptures: Oor Golfer, Oor Bowie, Woodland, Oor Wheelie and Minecraft, for which she paid £34,000.

Businessman Chris van der Kuyl paid £9,500 for the When Wullie Met Dr Manhattan statue, designed by comic book artist Dave Gibbons.

The Dundee Unitedinspired Tangerine Terror was bought for £16,000 by club chairman Stephen Thompson.