A wax figure of Donald Trump was removed from the display of a waxwork exhibition after visitors continued to attack him, local U.S. media reported.
“When you’re a highly political figure, attacks can be a problem,” said Clay Stewart, regional manager for Ripley Entertainment, owner of Louis Tussaud’s Waxworks in San Antonio, Texas.
The figure of the ex-president of the United States apparently had deep wounds inflicted by clients at the museum, who scratched and punched him, according to the San Antonio Express News.
Stewart told Express News: “We have always had problems with the presidential section because it doesn’t matter who the president was – Bush, Obama or Trump – they all had to beat them. Ears have been ripped out of Obama six times. And then Bush’s nose was pierced. “
It is not the first time that a statue of a member of the Trump family has been disfigured. A statue of former First Lady Melania Trump in her native Slovenia was removed after being set on fire by vandals.
In a statement, Suzanne Smagala-Potts, public relations manager at Ripley Entertainment Inc, said the company had no political inclinations and that fixing its public figures was commonplace.
“When a wax figure is damaged, we will remove it from the public display and send it to our talented team of artists for repair,” said Smagala-Potts.