A 'gutted' artist is pleading for a 'sentimental' painting of Pat Butcher in front of a sex shop be returned - after the original was accidentally sold for just £19 instead of a print. Yoshi Miura drew the surreal scene of the Eastenders cast in 2020 as a joke between her and hip-hop artist friend Matt Raikes.
The poster also shows a bedraggled Ian Beale and the late Dot Cotton, sipping a cup of tea, in front of the iconic adult toy emporium in Manchester. The 38-year-old claims she was inspired to create the hand-drawn art as an EastEnders fan and regularly joked with Matt about him chatting with thuggish Phil Mitchell.
But when Yoshi displayed her art at a pop-up art shop in Salford, Greater Manchester, in October, her original drawing was accidentally sold for just £19 in a 'misunderstanding' - when it would usually go for more than £100.
