Overview

• A four-meter, two-ton public art sculpture in Detmold was deliberately released from its temporary securing and rolled downhill by unknown individuals.
• The sculpture traveled approximately 50 meters before coming to rest in a roadside ditch, damaging a streetlamp and a traffic sign along the way.
• The city had secured the sculpture with gravel, straps, chains, and a fence after storm damage in early April broke two of its hangers.
• Authorities had planned to remove the sculpture via special transport due to the lack of replacement hangers, but the act of vandalism occurred before this could happen.
• Police have launched a criminal investigation into dangerous interference in road traffic and property damage, with the mayor condemning the act as reckless and potentially catastrophic.