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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
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Maxine Denton

Church leaders plead for removal of controversial £80,000 statue which 'rejects God'

Church leaders have united to beg a town council to remove a controversial Earth Goddess £80,000 statue.

The group have penned a letter arguing the installation of the 11.5 metre tall figure shows the Cornish local authority has "likely unknowingly" chosen to "reject God".

Artist Sandy Brown's ceramic sculpture - the largest in the UK - was not wholly well-received after it was unveiled in St Austell's Aylmer Square, with some locals likening it to a child's artwork.

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