THE family of Madeleine McCann last night spoke of the “untold harm” done by an art gallery which pasted the missing youngster’s face on to pornographic magazine models as part of a “satirical” exhibition.

Brian Healy, Madeleine’s grandfather, told the Daily Post that the London gallery at the centre of the scandal had no idea how much it had hurt his daughter Kate and husband Gerry.

Speaking from his Mossley Hill home, Mr Healy said: “They don’t appreciate what this does to Kate and Gerry. It’s totally insensitive.

“We will try to ignore this but we’ve got enough to do finding Madeleine.”

The Decima Gallery in Hackney was last night condemned by MPs and the NSPCC. But David West, co founder of Decima, refused to apologise for the event that he promoted with a release entitled: Make Your Own Maddy McCann Porn.

The missing toddler’s image was carefully cut out and stuck on top of models in sexually explicit poses, Mr West admitted.

The Hackney gallery also ran video porn and explicit magazines were strewn throughout the exhibition space.

Mr West said: “It was quite successful. The images were quite well done.

“I still think we were making a valid point. Her image as a pretty young girl has almost been pornographised in the national media.

“We were making the point that we’re disgusted by the way the family have been treated.

“We may have upset the people along the way that we were trying to support.

“But I don’t think we’ve done anything illegal and it all went off without any problems.”

However, the sense of outrage and disbelief following last Sunday’s one-off event has been widespread.

McCann family spokesman Clarence Mitchell attempted to maintain some distance from the affair.

Mr Mitchell said: “This sort of thing is a complete distraction from the search for Madeleine and Gerry and Kate will simply not be dignifying it by commenting on it whatsoever.”