India, May 17 -- Melania Trump's larger-than-life-size avatar at her Slovenian hometown, Sevnica, was sawed off and carried away. The matter sparked a police investigation, and the authorities are working to apprehend those responsible for the disappearance of the bronze statue.

The statue, which looked nothing like US First Lady Melania Trump, was a replica. It was unveiled during President Donald Trump's first term in 2020. Slovenian media reported that the bronze replica was sawn off at the ankles and removed.

The sculpture, created by American conceptual artist Brad Downey, was erected to replace a torched and destroyed wooden statue of Melania Trump.

The wooden statue was made from the trunk of a linden tree. It showed her in a pa...