A porcelain sculpture by the American artist Jeff Koons has been taken off display at his retrospective exhibition at the Centre Pompidou in Paris amidst plagiarism allegations. A leading French ad company are claiming that the work of art was copied from a campaign dating back to the 1980’s.

The sculpture which has been valued at £15m depicts a woman caught in an avalanche, being rescued by a penguin, standing next to a pig, wearing a floral necklace, carrying a barrel, in the manner of a St Bernard rescue dog. The kitsch work of art has been realistically rendered and is titled "Fait d'Hiver” a play on words for "fait divers.”