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by rodionos 2658 days ago
Not having a nose is ok compared to having a half of the head attached from another sculpture. This was the case in imperial Rome when the sculptors had to quickly retrofit works in progress to fit the new emperor. In some periods you had three emperors succeed each other, most certainly involuntarily, within a period of three years.
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You don't need to go that far back in time, changing statues heads was a thing in USSR.