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From the spire to the stained glass, it has been completely transformed.

Sixteen massive copper statues of the Apostles and Evangelists, which surrounded the spire, were brought down for renovation just four days before the fire.

At the time, the interview became famous after the pair talked about seeing the 123m metre spire in Salisbury.

President Putin denied any involvement and the two accused men appeared on Russian TV, where they insisted they had visited Salisbury as tourists who wanted to see the cathedral spire.

A fire engulfed the historic cathedral in Paris in 2019, toppling its spire and destroying most of its roof, while blazes badly damaged the Scottish art school's Mackintosh Building in 2014 and 2018.