Vandalized in June last year, the statue of King Jorge V of the UK was headless, which separated from the rest of the statue that was at the Kings Domain de Melbourne, in Australiaand disappeared.
Almost a year later, this Friday the head made an unexpected appearance on stage, at a concert of the North-Sandery rap group Kneecapalready known for their provocative political themes and their strong Irish republican feelings.
“A madman appeared with a huge head of King Jorge to listen to some songs on our last concert in Melbourne!”, The band itself on Instagram.
Although missing, the monarch’s head has been seen over the past few months in various social networks to be thrown at Sanita and burned in a barbecue, among other videos of vandalism.
“Allegedly, his head was allegedly cut last year in the city,” the band continued, in the same publication: “Anyway, he was taken to the stage for some songs and then left.”
“And remember,” the band ended, “The whole colony can fall.”
Melbourne police are now investigating the unexpected appearance of the head and trying to understand if the concert incident is related to the original case of vandalism, according to a Victoria police spokesman quoted by.
The head of King Jorge V statue is not the only case of vandalism of statues in Victoria. In January, several busts of ancient Australian prime ministers were disfigured or stolen from Ballarat Botanical Gardens. The busts of labor leaders Paul Keating and Kevin Rudd were beheaded and stolen, while the remaining statues were covered with graffiti.
Since then, photographs of people have appeared on social networks to pose with the missing busts, as happened with the head of Jorge V.
