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New Plymouth couple Fay and Stuart Cruickshank have had a concrete fence sculpture/decoration stolen – a full-measurement woman’s bust with the inventive modesty of a glitter bra/bikini prime.
The homeowners of pink concrete sculpture of a busty lady are interesting for assist after it was stolen from the entrance of their property.
New Plymouth couple Fay and Stewart Cruickshank have owned the life-measurement art work, which has no arms or head and weighs roughly 40 kilograms, for 15 years.
For the final three years the art work had been on show on the entrance of their Hurworth home, completely framed by a hedge.
But the torso vanished someday between Sunday afternoon, when Fay completed adorning it with a tinsel bikini for the festive season, and Tuesday.
Fay mentioned when she noticed it was gone she was ‘pretty p….d off’.
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Fay and Stewart Cruickshank’s pink bust was stolen from exterior their dwelling.
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“It’s fairly sickening. I didn’t even get a likelihood to take a picture of it with the tinsel on it.
“We’ve been damaged into earlier than once we lived elsewhere, and we have been in mattress after they have been in our home.”
The incident has left them feeling uneasy and questioning if the thieves will come again.
The sculpture, purchased from a backyard centre in Fitzroy, was fairly a speaking level amongst their associates, with Stewart’s golf buddies typically joking they have been going to drive previous and put a bra on it.
“I’ve never seen anything around like it. I struggled to get it up there,” Stewart mentioned.
Stewart mentioned he had walked across the neighbourhood to test it hadn’t been dumped anyplace however had not noticed something.
The couple haven’t gone to the police, however Fay has posted concerning the theft on Facebook within the hope the statue turns up.
“They’ve seen an opportunity and targeted it,” she mentioned.
