Melania Trump statue disappearance investigated by means of Slovenian police

The first Melania Trump statue in her local Slovenia was once destroyed by means of fireplace and now its bronze substitute has long gone lacking, prompting a police investigation.

The life-sized bronze statue of the USA first girl was once unveiled close to her place of birth of Sevnica in 2020, towering over a box on a tree stump, after arson had destroyed the former picket one.

“The theft was reported on 13 May and immediately police officers visited the crime scene and launched an investigation,” Alenka Drenik Rangus, a spokesperson for the police, stated on Thursday.

According to police and the bronze’s author, the American conceptual artist Brad Downey, the statue was once chopped off on the ankles and got rid of.

Downey stated he realized concerning the robbery whilst making ready a brand new venture in Germany and stated he was once “a bit sad that it’s gone”.

“My feeling is that it has something to do with the new election [of Donald Trump], but who knows, right?” Downey instructed AFP.

He added that after the unique statue were set on fireplace “it didn’t feel right” so he had made up our minds to interchange it with a bronze reproduction, which he has described as an “anti-monument, anti-propaganda”.

The authentic statue, which featured the USA first girl in a blue get dressed and heels, were carved with a chainsaw by means of Ales Zupevc, a neighborhood artist, out of a tree.

The bronze statue was once positioned in a personal box – fastened with concrete and steel bars – close to Sevnica towards the top of Donald Trump’s first presidential time period, whilst he was once campaigning for re-election.

Melania Trump’s arrival within the White House when her husband turned into the USA president raised hopes he would possibly someday talk over with her native land, which has but to occur.

The first girl has impressed a large number of merchandise in Sevnica, which is 90 kilometres (60 miles) east of the capital Ljubljana, to be named after her, together with desserts and sweets.