A revealing mermaid statue in Denmark is set to be removed after it was deemed 'a mans hot dream of what a woman should look like' due to its large breasts.
The Danish Agency for Palaces and Culture is reportedly taking down the massive 14-tonne Den Store Havfrue (the Big Mermaid) from Dragor Fort after criticism from locals.
Politiken's art critic, Mathias Kryger, branded the statue 'ugly and pornographic', while Sorine Gotfredsen, a priest and journalist, wrote in the newspaper Berlingske: 'Erecting a statue of a man's hot dream of what a woman should look like is unlikely to promote many women's acceptance of their own bodies.'
She said it was encouraging to know that many people find the statue 'vulgar, unpoetic, and undesirable, because we're suffocating in overbearing bodies in public space'.
Peter Bech, the man behind the 4x6 metre sculpture, and Torben Bodtker, the Fort's owner, both believe the artwork is not of a pornographic nature.
