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The Decapitation of the Little Mermaid
In 1998 someone cut the head off the most famous statue in Denmark. Inspired by a Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale, it's a bronze figure of a girl sitting on a rock in Copenhagen harbour. After a police search to find the head, it was Peter Jensen's job to reattach it to the mermaid's body.
Photo: The Little Mermaid in Copenhagen harbour. Credit: Reuters/Bob Strong.
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In 1998 someone cut the head off the most famous statue in Denmark. Inspired by a Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale, it's a bronze figure of a girl sitting on a rock in Copenhagen harbour. After a police search to find the head, it was Peter Jensen's job to reattach it to the mermaid's body.
Photo: The Little Mermaid in Copenhagen harbour. Credit: Reuters/Bob Strong.
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