Denmark to remove 'ugly and pornographic' mermaid statue, reports say

The man behind the 14-tonne sculpture, Peter Bech, has said he does not understand the criticism, saying that the stone figure’s breasts are simply 'of a proportional size' to its scale

Den Store Havfrue, aka the Big Mermaid, which is located in Copenhagen in Denmark. 

A debate has erupted in Denmark over the fate of a mermaid statue that is to be removed from public view after being decried as “ugly and pornographic” and “a man’s hot dream of what a woman should look like”.

The Danish agency for palaces and culture is reportedly removing the 4x6 metre Den Store Havfrue (the Big Mermaid) from Dragør Fort, part of Copenhagen’s former sea fortifications, because it does not align with the cultural heritage of the 1910 landmark.