A fight to save an art masterpiece has now reached the heights of international diplomacy. It was due to be destroyed last month but the Hungarian consulate based in Manchester has now got involved.

For the best part of 30 years a beautiful fresco created by the highly regarded Hungarian artist, George Mayer-Marton has lay hidden at a school in Swinton . Inexplicably, someone decided to cover it with plaster and emulsion in the 1990s. The school has been empty for 14 years and demolition crews were due to move in on July 14th.

The fresco from 1954, The Five Joyful Mysteries of the Virgin's Rosary, filled a whole wall in the entrance foyer of St Ambrose Barlow RC School. The building in Shaftsbury Road, is now owned by Salford city council as the school moved to a brand new site in Ward

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