Brighton Shaun the Sheep statue moved into Churchill Square

The Shaun in the Clouds sculpture was sited near Brighton's Clocktower and has already been removed and repaired after being vandalised.

Now, after another attack, the sheep model has been moved into Churchill Square in an effort to protect it for the remaining fortnight of the Martlets art trail.

In an update on social media, a Martlets spokeswoman said: “Churchill Square has a new resident, Shaun in the inside of the shopping centre.”

Martlets had placed the Shaun by the Sea sculptures around Brighton and Hove as part of a fundraising effort for the hospice charity.

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They will be auctioned at the end of the trail on November 5. Martlets has warned that the trail was under threat because of repeated damage.

One statue near Brighton Pavilion was seen dumped in a gutter while another police-inspired Shaun had an anti-police acronym scrawled on its face.

The Clocktower sheep is the third to be moved inside in an effort to protect them.