A gorilla statue at the centre of a planning row has been reunited with its Yorkshire owner, who joked the beloved animal “didn’t like” London.
The gorilla, named Caesar, sat on top of a plinth on Adele Teale’s house in Wakefield for two years, before the district council ordered her to remove it on the grounds it did not have the required planning permission.
With Teale facing a fine, Caesar was packed off to a travel agents in Mayfair in June this year, where his presence amused customers for several weeks.
But with the gorilla seemingly homesick, he was driven back to his true home in the Stanley area of Wakefield, where he is now standing in Teale’s garden as an ornament.
Speaking to BBC Radio Leeds on Friday, Teale said: “I couldn’t wait for it to come back to be honest.
“I know it’s only plastic but I’ve had him for so long. It’s just a feature.”
Asked if how Caesar had enjoyed London, Teale joked, “I don’t think he liked it to be honest,” before adding, “No, he did!”
