this is a fairly old story, from what i remember reading the artist that made it refused to take any compensation for the statue, i vaguely remember a couple different spinnings of how the child broke it, i know i remember hearing the child climbed the rope to try to hug it as well as heard that the child climbed the rope to look at it closely and fell on it.
the artist did say basically that he didnt blame the kid because he didnt intend to break it.
the artist did say basically that he didnt blame the kid because he didnt intend to break it.