PICTURES: Your favourite shots of LAND as trust confirms it won't be back at Kimmeridge

The two-metre statue, installed looking out to sea to mark the Landmark Trust's 50th anniversary this summer, was toppled by a boulder on Christmas Eve - the second time in just over two months.

By Ange Bishop

By Ange Bishop

Lulworth resident John Bickerton discovered the life size artwork snapped off at its base during a walk with his family.

In September the statue was blown over during a fierce storm, but was soon restored by the trust.

Originally intended to remain at Kimmeridge Bay for a year, now Landmark Trust bosses have called time on the installation.

By Andy Muir

A trust spokesman explained: "On Christmas Eve, the Gormley sculpture at Kimmeridge Bay again succumbed to persistent heavy seas, this time presumably hit by a boulder hurled off the beach by the force of the storm.

"We are taking steps to recover the work imminently, and sadly this looks like the end of the road for the LAND installation at Kimmeridge.

By Barry Kavannagh (who also painted the stone in the foreground)

"It was always intended to have a relationship with the landscape and nature.

"Its position on this exposed stretch of Kimmeridge Bay has certainly brought that dynamic to the fore."

By Gareth James

The trust said it did not yet know where the statue, first erected as part of an installation of five sculptures across Britain, would be moved to.

Speaking after his statue succumbed to storm force seas in September, sculptor Antony Gormley said: "The core of this project was to expose the works to the elements and that is exactly what has happened.

"I want the work to have a dynamic relationship with the forces of nature; it has and will again."

By Phil Bird