Banana splits: inner-Melbourne council won’t commit to returning controversial fruit sculpture

Yarra city council spent $22,000 of a $100,000 grant on the 1.8-metre-tall banana sculpture. Photograph: Sam Strutt/The Guardian

A 1.8-metre public sculpture of an anthropomorphic banana in Melbourne that was removed for repairs may never be reinstated, with the council unable to commit to its return.

The artwork, which features a menacing skull facing Rose Street in Fitzroy, was created by artist Adam Stone and titled Fallen Fruit.