A while back, the last remaining Big Boy restaurant in the U.S. was closing. The people running the store moved the Big Boy statue to the inside of the restaurant fearing it might be stolen. (This message brought to you by the Superfluous Society of America) .
Here's a real mind blower. A Colonel Sanders statue was recovered from the waters in Japan after 24 years. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29629104/ .