However , the marquis managed to defeat the sale and retain ownership of his ancestral home .
In 2008 it was to be sold to the artist Wim Delvoye , who announced that he planned to turn it into a museum of modern art .
The marquis managed to defeat the sale and retain ownership of his ancestral home .
In 2008 it was to be sold to the artist Wim Delvoye , who announced that he planned to turn it into a museum of modern art .