French mayor 'removes statue because its breasts are too big'

The artist said she gave it outsized breasts deliberately, 'to symbolise the generosity of the Republic' 

The mayor of a town in France has thrown a patriotic female statue out of his town hall because its breasts were too big. 

The terracotta bust of Marianne - the traditional female embodiment of the French Republic in a Phrygian cap - was an original work by a local artist, installed in 2007 at the town hall in Neuville-en-Ferrain, population 10,000. 

"It was making people gossip," said one town hall employee. "Remarks were made, during weddings for example." 

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