{"id":809,"date":"2007-12-04T00:01:41","date_gmt":"2007-12-04T05:01:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/feverishthoughts.com\/oddplanet\/2007\/12\/04\/strange-sculpture-news\/"},"modified":"2008-01-30T20:41:01","modified_gmt":"2008-01-31T01:41:01","slug":"strange-sculpture-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/feverishthoughts.com\/oddplanet\/2007\/12\/04\/strange-sculpture-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Strange Sculpture News"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--CusAds--><p>A sculpture in a Norfolk gallery caused a stir among some residents in November forcing the removal of the Buddha statue.  Police told staff that the figure was offensive.<\/p>\n<div style=\u00e2\u20ac\u009ddisplay:block;float:left;padding:5px;\u00e2\u20ac\u009d><!--adsense#smallsquare--><\/div>\n<p>The piece was called <em>A Trilogy: The Iconoclasts<\/em> and it featured the religious figure with it&#8217;s genitals comprised of a banana and eggs!<\/p><!--CusAds-->\n<p>In other strange statue news:<\/p>\n<p>Yorkshire residents were bemused by the appearance of 19 carved stone heads.  The heads were adorned with a symbol that seemed to spell Paradox.  The heads showed up in Goathland, Kilburn, Rotherham and Arthrington and they had a note attached which read &#8220;Twinkle twinkle like a star, does love blaze less from afar?&#8221;<\/p>\n<!--CusAds--><p>Were these stone heads a message for a loved one? 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Police told staff that the figure was offensive. The piece was called A Trilogy: The Iconoclasts and it featured the religious figure with it&#8217;s genitals comprised of a banana and eggs! 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