‘Damaged beyond repair’: police investigate after WA troll sculpture set on fire

Coodanup’s ‘beloved’ Vivi Cirklestone sculpture before the arson attack. The troll made out of of salvaged wood was one of Thomas Dambo’s six Giants of Mandurah in Western Australia. Photograph: Duncan Wright/FORM

Police are investigating after fire destroyed a wooden sculpture built in regional Western Australia by an international artist.

The blaze ruined one of six trolls made out of salvaged scrap wood by the Danish artist Thomas Dambo as part of his Giants of Mandurah exhibit, which was designed to be a towering tribute to sustainability, adventure and imagination.