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Nearly two months after his van was sucked into the abyss of Ottawa’s sinkhole, locksmith Michel Kiwan has a new set of wheels along with a bright blue chair with a picture of the infamous hole.

The new van was mostly paid for by insurance; the chair was a gift from an artist who thought he should have it.

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Kiwan got the chair that was painted with a likeness of the hole and “2016 Ottawa sinkhole” after the artist who painted it dropped in one day and offered it to him. He set it up in the store.

“People come in and take some pictures beside the chair,” said Kiwan, laughing. “It is something to remind you.”

But new chairs aside, Kiwan said the social media fame that came with having his van vanish into the gaping hole on Rideau Street on June 8 hasn’t saved him from a financial hit.

Insurance didn’t cover the entire replacement cost of the Dodge Caravan.