art

Questions are being raised by the auditors for a local council after a number of entries, totally nearly £2 million, were found in their 2008 - 2009 accounts for payments to a local artist. Repeated requests by the auditors to view the artworks have been rebuffed by the executive.

"Oh they have all the receipts" said a representative from Findit Checkit and Tally, the appointed auditing accountants, "but they've refused all our requests to see the pieces they commissioned. Quite frankly we're somewhat sceptical about the whole thing and are fed up with them being evasive."

Senior councillors insist that the artworks are only invisible to anyone who is unfit for his position or just hopelessly stupid. "We really don't understand what the problem is" said one. "We've been completely accommodating to the auditors and acquiesced to all of their demands as is required in these days of transparent democracy."