The collapse of DSB Bank led to the closure of Dirk Scheringa’s museum in Spanbroek in autumn 2009 and the dispersal of its collection, which comprised about 1,400 works. The former museum building was later demolished to make way for housing. Scheringa and his wife Baukje said goodbye to the building, while Scheringa said he had moved into a survival mode after the bankruptcy and had little opportunity to process the loss. The collection had grown from his first purchase, a drawing by Carel Willink, into 30 years of collecting.