Some have gone to market, some have stayed at home, and some have ended up travelling the globe. Now the colourful little piggies that captivated a city have all grown up now and are making their way in the world.

The King Bladud Pigs, all 105 of them, adorned the city of Bath this year after being sponsored and decorated by everyone from schoolchildren to professional artists.

Some 70 were auctioned off at the end of the project last month, with another 34 bought by fans through an internet auction. This week, the very last pig to be sold – Pigsaw – was won in a raffle by Mike Watts, from the Guildhall Market, after his ticket was drawn by jazz singer Clare Teal.

After starting life designed and made by the project's artist, sculptor Alan Dun, the 105 pigs are now in the process of finding new homes at home and abroad.

Some are not going far, having been bought by businesses near where they were displayed all year. Others are travelling the country to end up in back gardens, pubs, shops or schools, while a couple will soon be seeing sunnier climes after being bought by fans as far afield as Australia.

Some of the pigs are experiencing the neat circle of life, and returning to public display. On Tuesday the pig named Friedensreich was welcomed into its new home by the five art students who painted him in the style of Austrian painter Hundertwasser.

He had spent the exhibition time on display outside Pratt's Hotel in Bath, and is now one of many pigs whose new homes mean they are still there for the public to see.

Luke Taylor, Daniel Peschel, Harrison Lee, Alan Graham and Coel Pullin, all Year 10 pupils at Culverhay School in Bath, handed the porker over to Lady Venetia Fuller, who bought the pig to put on display at Neston Park Farm Shop in Atworth, near Melksham.

"We are delighted to have Friedensreich here at the Farm Shop where everyone can still see her," said Lady Venetia. "We are hoping that our free range organic pigs here on the farm will like looking at her too."

The project's founder, Gitte Dawson, said her team had been delighted with the response to the project. She said: "I was really confident people would like it having seen the response to other projects which inspired it, but we have been overwhelmed. It's been non-stop ever since we started 15 months ago.

"Seeing the pigs go off to their new homes has been a relief in a way, because it means it's over for us and we don't have to worry about them, but they all seem a bit like children now so it's a bit of sadness too. Most appear to be staying in or around Bath, but many will make it to London and across the country. We've even been told one or two will end up in Australia.

"Some are still on public display having been bought by shops and businesses who intend to show them off. It's lovely walking around Bath and coming across one.

"It's been something that everyone has loved, all the generations and residents and tourists alike. It's been wonderful."

As well as entrancing everyone who did the trail to find the pigs, or just came across them in the city centre this summer, the project has raised £200,000 for the Two Tunnels cycling scheme, which aims to provide a route through two old rail tunnels to the south of Bath.