But when Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom was arrested in January at his lavish New Zealand estate, he went from unknown entrepreneur to a flamboyantly rich cult hero.

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It depicts Liberal Chancellor of the Exchequer David Lloyd George (1863 - 1945) being addressed by folk hero Robin Hood, with the words 'I took from the rich and gave to the poor.

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