It was the original models that were lost (along with sets/props/models from Creature Comforts, Morph, Chicken Run, awards, storyboards and other film memorabilia ). The models from the new film were in a suit case with Nick Parks.Originally posted by kennez
It wasn't the studio that was destroyed, it was their storage facility, but it was a terrible loss. Luckily the original Wallace & Gromit figures were elsewhere in Bristol at the time.