Sculpture reportedly transported (6)
I believe the answer is:
bussed
'transported' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both to do with contact as well as being past participle verbs.
Maybe there's an association between them I don't understand?
'sculpture reportedly' is the wordplay.
'sculpture' becomes 'bust' (bust is a kind of sculpture).
'reportedly' shows a homophone (sound like).
'bust' sounds like 'BUSSED'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Another definition for bussed that I've seen is " transported by coach".)