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Last full accuracy audit: 2026-09-05 · 10 entries checked · 6 flagged · 11 issues confirmed · 6 corrected · 5 still open
L'Homme qui marche I — The sculpture was first exhibited at the 1961 Venice Biennale, not 1962.
L'Homme qui marche I — The first edition of the sculpture is not housed at the Fondation Maeght; the Fondation Maeght holds a later cast or a different version.
Leshan Giant Buddha — The claim that the statue's ears are 7 meters long and capable of holding two people inside is inaccurate because the ears are solid stone and cannot literally hold people.
The Kiss (Rodin sculpture) — The tagline says '1882 marble sculpture' but the marble version was completed 1888–1889, not 1882
The Kiss (Rodin sculpture) — The entry states a bronze version was relegated to an inner chamber at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition, but that story actually refers to the 1900 Exposition Universelle in Paris
The Little Mermaid (statue) — The statue's head was sawn off and stolen on April 24, 1964, and the original head was never recovered; a new head was cast and attached.
The Little Mermaid (statue) — The statue has been decapitated twice: once in 1964 (head not recovered) and again in 1998 (head recovered).
The Motherland Calls — The statue is no longer the tallest in Europe if the pedestal is counted, as the Rodina-Mat statue in Kyiv and other statues have surpassed it.
The Rape of Proserpina — The claim that the sculpture was the first in a series of major Borghese works is incorrect, as Bernini's earlier Borghese commissions like 'The Goat Amalthea with the Infant Jupiter and a Faun' and 'Aeneas, Anchises, and Ascanius' predate it.
The Rape of Proserpina — The statement that the pedestal is 'now destroyed' is an overstatement without clear evidence; the pedestal may have been removed or lost, but 'destroyed' is not reliably confirmed.
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