 In August 2005 Thomson alerted the press to the fact that the Tate had purchased a work by Chris Ofili, "The Upper Room", for £705,000 while the artist was a serving Tate trustee.Fraser Kee Scott, owner of A Gallery, demonstrated with the Stuckists outside the Tate Gallery against the gallery's purchase of "The Upper Room".Scott said in "The Daily Telegraph" that the Tate Gallery's chairman, Paul Myners, was hypocritical for refusing to divulge the price paid.