Although some of the catalogues have gone on sale with a sticker placed over the nude image of Shields, they still have 10,000 paperbacks at £24.99 each, and 2,000 hardbacks, priced at £35, meaning a total of £320,000 could be lost.
Meanwhile, it was announced today that the Tate will join forces with Aardman, the animators behind Wallace And Gromit, to create its first movie — a £3m animation to be made in time for the 2012 Olympic Games.