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1812年整个搬迁项目完工，总共花去了他7万英镑<ref>''Encyclopædia Britannica'' Online{{Cite news|url=http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/184554/Elgin-Marbles |title=Elgin Marbles |publisher=Encyclopædia Britannica |date= |accessdate=2011-04-18}}</ref>。他本想用它们来装饰自己在[[邓弗姆林]]的家，但由于和妻子离婚引发个人经济危机，所以不得不把这些石雕卖掉还债<ref>As reported by John E. Simmons in: [https://web.archive.org/web/20170109104920/https://books.google.com/books?id=wCFsDAAAQBAJ&pg=PT167&lpg=PT167&dq= Museums: A History], chapter 7, Rowman & Littlefield, 07.07.2016 - 326 pages</ref>。他以不足7万镑的价格将其卖给大英博物馆，拒绝了出价更高的[[拿破仑]]等人。<ref name="guardian faq"/>