The mayor of a town in France has thrown a patriotic female statue out of his town hall because its breasts were too big. The terracotta bust of Marianne - the traditional female embodiment of the French Republic in a Phrygian cap - was an original work by a local artist, installed in 2007 at the town hall in Neuville-en-Ferrain, population 10,000.
"It was making people gossip," said one town hall employee. "Remarks were made, during weddings for example.

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Must admit they don't look THAT big to me.......

hes obviously used to petite pois

Its a man thing... Have you ever seen one of them marble statues of men with a LARGE meat and two veg? I th ink not! Its a male envy thing... Fig leaf??? more like a bloody Ivy leaf

Jealousy! Pure and simple

Got to agree they look like pron star fakies. Not appropriate for a classical icon. I'd say the artist spent too much time looking on the internet for inspiration.

"The creator of the sculpture, Catherine Lamacque".

Funny name for a bloke. But then again it is France

And the mayor says he would prefer to have a Marianne modelled on Laetitia Casta. And the difference would be?

All news is good news.

I think I know where the artist drew their inspiration from.

yeh she's a pron star....

Jeez, she is rough and minging...

Some women do have naturally large breasts you know!

And from her portrayal in the classic painting from the July Revolution, Marianne France is not exactly flat chested.

Who wears a top hat going into battle ffs??

Ruddy foreigners and their stange ways...

I see over the course of history they removed the blue and red bits from the battle flag.

Gosh! Boobs that start under the collar bone - I wonder if they are fake?