A tattoo artist was stunned to discover his picture on the front of a T-shirt being sold worldwide by high street chain H&M, without his knowledge.
Richard Elsby, known as Gold Frank, felt angry and cheated when he found out the white tops, bearing his image and the words ‘Black runs through my veins’, were on sale in stores all over the world.
The 36-year-old's plight drew comparisons with the recent high-profile Rihanna case, when the singer successfully sued Topshop for using her image on a T-shirt.
Richard Elsby aka Gold Frank, a tattoo artist from Leeds, whose image has been used on a t shirt without his permission
Gold Frank, of Leeds, West Yorks., said: 'I spoke to to Rihanna’s lawyers and they said I had a good case for defamation, it could seem satanic because of the quote.'
Musician Gold Frank said he had pictures taken in June, 2012, for the website for his new studio in Leeds city centre.
They were on the website the next month, and he heard about the T-shirts appearing in H&M in August this year.
After doing a bit of searching he found out that the images had gone on sale at the retail chain in May this year.
'I had pictures taken for the studio website and quite a few images ended up being used.
