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PENTICTON, British Columbia, Jan. 23 (UPI) -- A British Columbia court has ruled the city of Penticton must pay an artist for a statue of a naked man whose genitals were vandalized repeatedly.

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PENTICTON, British Columbia, Feb. 2 (UPI) -- A nude sculpture in Penticton, British Columbia, has lost its penis. Vandals attacked the controversial statue Sunday, Curtis Collins, director of the Art Gallery of the South Okanagan, told the Canadian Broadcasting Corp. Thursday.

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PENTICTON, British Columbia, Jan. 11 (UPI) -- A nude male statue erected in a British Columbian town square has aroused controversy over its cost and propriety as art. The nearly 16-foot tall figure has only been up for a week in Penticton, but many taxpayers are already angry at the $5,000 expense,