A replica of Michelangelo's Renaissance masterpiece sculpture David at a public park in Okuizumo, Shimane prefecture, western Japan, in a photo taken by a local official on Aug. 28, 2012.

A 26-foot tall statue of Marilyn Monroe is separated into four pieces in Chicago on May 7, 2012.

An artist works on a sand sculpture on a bank of the Thames River in London on Feb. 24.

A couch shaped from sand is seen on the bank of the Thames River in London on Feb. 24.

A three-story sculpture "tower of books" representing over 15,000 titles that have been written about Abraham Lincoln, are part of an exhibit at the Ford's Theatre Center for Education and Leadership in Washington on Wednesday. The new museum, located across from Ford's Theatre and next door to the house where Lincoln died, will open in time for President's Day.

The Ford's Theatre Center for Education and Leadership, in Washington, on Wednesday. The new museum, located across from Ford's Theatre and next door to the house where Lincoln died, will open in time for President's Day.

Workers fix the 'Giant Mermaid' at the inner Alster in Hamburg on Tuesday. The sculpture made by the artist and owner of an advertising agency Oliver Voss will stay in the inner Alster for the next ten days.

A boat passes a sculpture of a giant mermaid designed by German artist Oliver Voss on the river Alster in Hamburg, northern Germany, on Tuesday. The sculpture made of styrofoam and steel will be on exhibit for ten days.

A visitor plays with her silhouette inside the "Luminarium" inflatable structure by British designer Alan Parkinson in Lisbon on Friday, August 1. The Luminarium is a sculpture where people enter to experience "a sense of wonder and the beauty of light and color", according to the organizers.

A visitor plays with her shadow inside the "Luminarium" inflatable structure by British designer Alan Parkinson in Lisbon August 1, 2011. The Luminarium is a sculpture where people enter to experience "a sense of wonder and the beauty of light and color", according to the organizers.

A child jumps inside the "Luminarium" inflatable structure by British designer Alan Parkinson in Lisbon on Friday.

Nick Valenza helps to put some finishing touches on ''Forever Marilyn'', a sculpture by Seward Johnson, on July 14, in Chicago. The stainless steel and aluminum sculpture which stands 26 feet tall and weighs 34,000 pounds will be unveiled tomorrow and remain on display in Chicago through the spring of 2012. The sculpture was inspired by Marilyn Monroe's iconic scene in the 1955 movie Seven Year Itch.

Autin Wright helps to put some finishing touches on ''Forever Marilyn''.

Onlookers watch men working on a clay statue at Taman Budaya Yogyakarta in Yogyakarta on Thursday.