Mystery of Melania Trump's statues at Slovenia: One set on fire, second stolen

A bronze statue of First Lady Melania Trump successful Slovenia has been stolen -- cutting it disconnected astatine the ankles. It was not an casual feat arsenic the bronze operation was anchored to a histrion stump successful a tract adjacent Melania's hometown Sevnica.

Thieves chopped it from the ankles, and present an probe has been launched into the brazen theft.But the incidental is eerie arsenic the earlier statue of the First Lady excessively had a fateful end. It was a woody statue which was acceptable connected occurrence successful 2020. The bronze statue was a level up to withstand specified accidents but this clip it was chopped off. The bronze life-size sculpture was unveiled successful 2020 during President Donald Trump's archetypal term. In the aforesaid year, the bronze statue was erected. Police spokeswoman Alenka Drenik Rangus said Friday that the constabulary were informed astir the theft of the statue connected Tuesday. She said constabulary were moving to way down those responsible.

'My feeling is that...': What the sculptor said

American conceptual creator Brad Downey, who was the sculptor of the statue, said it's a spot bittersweet that the statue is gone. “My feeling is that it has thing to bash with the caller predetermination [of Donald Trump], but who knows, right?” the creator said.

The woody operation besides had a publication from Downey who worked with section creator Aleš Župevc who took a chainsaw to a fallen linden histrion to marque the archetypal statue. It's not known whether Melania Trump ever saw immoderate of these statues -- which bore nary resemblance to her. President Donalod Trump, for sure, did not spot these statues and helium ne'er visited Slovenia. Slovenia besides had a two-faced statue of Donald Trump -- 1 look depicting him arsenic a bully idiosyncratic and different a vampire. But that statue excessively was burned to the ground.