Police investigate disappearance of Melania Trump's bronze statue in her native Slovenia

Police successful Slovenia are investigating nan disappearance of a bronze statue of US first woman Melania Trump.

The life-size sculpture was unveiled successful 2020 during President Donald Trump’s first word successful agency adjacent Sevnica successful cardinal Slovenia, wherever Melanija Knavs was calved successful 1970. It replaced a woody statue by US creator Brad Downey which had been torched by unkown aronists earlier that year.

Police spokeswoman Alenka Drenik Rangus said Friday that nan constabulary were informed astir nan theft of nan statue connected Tuesday. She said constabulary were moving to way down those responsible. 

According to Slovenian media reports, nan bronze replica was sawed disconnected astatine nan ankles and removed.

The rustic fig was trim from nan trunk of a linden tree, showing her successful a ray bluish dress for illustration nan 1 she wore astatine Trump’s statesmanlike inauguration successful 2017.

The replica bronze statue has nary evident resemblance pinch nan first woman but has a plaque adjacent to it which sounds it is “dedicated to nan eternal representation of a monument to Melania which stood astatine this location.”