They refuse to take the artwork down from their website.
If you visit the Saatchi Art website today, you'll be able to purchase images of Charles Saatchi choking Nigella Lawson.
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The images depict the shocking event captured by a photographer last year, in which art collector Saatchi was seen throttling celebrity chef Lawson in a restaurant in Mayfair.
The pieces of artwork depicting the abuse are being sold from around £150 to £17,600.
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Charles Saatchi said removal of the artwork would be "censorship." He added: "Would it have been a better story if I had censored artists whose work might be personally disobliging?"
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