A council in Melbourne’s inner north is resisting pressure to sell a controversial sculpture of an anthropomorphic banana after an on-air bid by British-American comedian John Oliver.
and send a sculpture of a giant alligator showing his middle finger to replace the banana.
The council was forced to remove the statue and put it into storage within weeks of its installation after vandals attempted to decapitate it with a saw. In a statement, Yarra City Council Mayor Sophie Wade said the council was excited to receive Oliver’s offer, but it wasn’t ready to part with the sculpture, which was “recuperating” after the “traumatic” decapitation attempt.“I would like to officially extend an invitation to John Oliver to come Down Under and visit Yarra. I would be happy to take him on a tour of our wonderful city and organise a private viewing of the banana, so they can get acquainted.
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