Ed Sheeran’s lion tattoo artwork to go on sale

Mr Paul said Ed Sheeran’s lion tattoo was one of his most famous and “took over the internet”.

“We were looking at ideas to show that he’d sold out Wembley and a lot of things at Wembley were about the lion.

“He told me his favourite place was Africa. We wanted to create a piece of art that looked like an African painting but was based on a lion.

“The next morning, we created [the tattoo] and it took over the world. Everywhere I went, people were talking about it,” he said.

Mr Paul said the original artwork was due to go on display at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London before Covid happened and was eventually donated to the Royal Derby Hospital, where it was displayed for two years.