Andy Warhol artwork may have been thrown out in Dutch town hall revamp

Maashorst council says print of Queen Beatrix from 1985 series Reigning Queens probably taken with the rubbish

In the hands of Andy Warhol, trash often became a work of art. So perhaps the pop culture icon would not be too upset to know that in the hands of one Dutch municipality, one of his artworks went the other way and was thrown out with the rubbish.

Maashorst town hall on Thursday confessed that a rare silkscreen print by Warhol, who died in 1987, was among 46 valuable artworks that were most likely" taken away with the bins during extensive renovation work last year.