Simon Brodkin targets his £100m superyacht

Lee Nelson creator Simon Brodkin has targeted retail boss Sir Philip Green in his latest stunt.

The comedian renamed the tycoon's £100million superyacht Lionheart as 'BHS Destroyer' to highlight his role in the store chain's closure and pension fund deficit.

Brodkin used his @RealLeeNelson twitter account to post pictures of himself carrying out the stunt, taking a dinghy out to the yacht in Monaco and affixing the new sign to its hull.

He tweeted: 'Good of Sir Philip Green to rename his £100m yacht to something more appropriate. I was glad to help.'

MPs have slammed billionaire Sir Philip for extracting large sums of money from the business, leaving it on 'life support' before selling it to former racing driver Dominic Chappell for just £1. Politicians called the subsequence collapse, which left a £571million hole in the pension fund and the loss of up to 11,000 jobs, the 'unacceptable face of capitalism'.

Good of Sir Philip Green to rename his £100 million yacht to something more appropriate. I was glad to help. @All4 pic.twitter.com/0QQloq8jCg

— Lee Nelson (@RealLeeNelson) 6 September 2016

Brodkin has previously pranked England footballers, a Volkswagen press conference and most famously showered Fifa president Sepp Blatter in fake dollar bills. And in June, he disrupted Donald Trump's press conference at his golf course in Scotland.

Published: 7 Sep 2016