 In 2007 a bust of him was introduced at the area informally known as "Plata" ("The Platter") in downtown Oslo, the city's center point for heroin and illegal drugs trade for several years.Skarpsno was present at the introduction and he urged the general population to do more for other people.Having taken a blood test in May 2006, it became clear that he had cancer, and he was admitted to the Akershus University Hospital in November the same year.