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If this doesn’t crack you up, I don’t know what will.

Sculptor Marc Quinn has finally revealed the much-anticipated gold statue of his all-time idol Kate Moss at the British Museum.

The sculpture is part of a special Statuephilia exhibit, which also features the works by Damien Hirst and Noble and Webster. The exhibit will run from Oct. 4 to Jan. 25 next year.

Called Siren, the hollow effigy cost a puny US$2.67 million and used up merely 50 kgs. of gold. It’s reportedly the biggest gold statue made since the Egyptian era. The major waste of gold figure, which some people think would make a good addition to their tomato garden, weighs the same as the live Moss.

It shows her in a contortion that looks almost impossible to execute – a yoga stance where both her legs are explicitly knotted behind her back so that the thong-clad frontal features are laid bare for the world to make fun of.

British newspapers seem to have found the pose distasteful too interesting that they decided to feature the upper section only, thereby cutting off the lower region. Which is a bit unwise since readers won’t really be able to make out what Moss is doing if you removed the nether region.

Oh. Guess you’ll just have to look for the image elsewhere or you could always drop by at the British Museum.