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He sphinx it's all over! Former owner of Hearts FC installs busty Egyptian-style golden statue on top of his house

The explicit statue has caught the eyes of locals who can't help but stop to take a photo of the unlikely sculpture.

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French thieves steal bronze statue remembering the British soldiers who died to liberate their country - a week before D-Day anniversary

The one-tonne statue of a piper in the 51st Highland Division during the Second World War at Bréville-les-Monts, north of Caen, vanished on Friday.

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India's 70ft Messi statue to be moved after 'swaying in the wind'

A giant statue of Argentina legend Lionel Messi is set to be taken down in India over safety concerns after it is spotted "swaying in the wind".

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‘Shocking? It’s only what you see in ancient temples’: painter T Venkanna on his joyous carnivals of copulation

Penises, vaginas and breasts abound in the Indian painter’s work. As the son of a Hindu priest, he says his orgasmic scenes give us a way to consider religion T Venkanna’s paintings land like a sucker-punch. At the centre of his first institutional solo show is an overbearing altarpiece, modified by two squat side panels to take the overall shape of a juvenile dick drawing. Perched at the bottom, on either side, are Adam and Eve. Their backs are turned as they look out on an orgasmic thicket of desire. A female figure is pleasured by another’s nose, someone copulates with the hindquarters of an animal and others fondle in a kaleidoscopic blur of colours and styles that make Hieronymus Bosch look restrained. But carnal enjoyment is merely the footnote. “It is a way to consider many things, including the myth of religions,” says Venkanna. Scattered within this longing landscape are stony figures redolent of India’s pantheon of gods and goddesses. Women worship a topiary lingam – the aniconic depiction of Shiva – and a man caresses a statuesque woman’s breast (while drinking from her vagina). Graphic? “That is what you see in ancient temples,” says Venkanna. “People touch the breasts of sculptures so that over time they become very smooth and shiny.” Continue reading...

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Bank Holiday prankster places giant Walnut Whip chocolate bar on head of Queen Victoria

An artist known as DLR placed the chocolate crown - actually made of polystyrene - on the bronze statue on Saturday.

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He sphinx it's all over! Former owner of Hearts FC installs busty Egyptian-style golden statue on top of his house

French thieves steal bronze statue remembering the British soldiers who died to liberate their country - a week before D-Day anniversary

India's 70ft Messi statue to be moved after 'swaying in the wind'

‘Shocking? It’s only what you see in ancient temples’: painter T Venkanna on his joyous carnivals of copulation

Bank Holiday prankster places giant Walnut Whip chocolate bar on head of Queen Victoria