Lifesize statue of naked Donald Trump fetches £18,000 at auction

The controversial statue of the Republican presidential candidate first appeared in August in New York but lasted just two hours before it was toppled by park officials

The statue, which sports an oversized rotund belly has just been sold for a whopping £18,000 at an auction by a mystery buyer (Getty Images)

From declaring “a person who is very flat-chested is very hard to be a 10” to trying to body shame Kim Kardashian when she was pregnant to calling the former Miss Universe winner “miss piggy” and “an eating machine”, Donald Trump has been known to talk about women’s bodies in less than chivalrous ways.

Given his high standards for the female form, one would be forgiven for thinking the Republican candidate inspected his own physique with the same careful scrutiny. But apparently not - Mr Trump has previously appeared to reveal his penchant for the all-American staple cuisines of Kentucky Fried Chicken and McDonald’s.

This may explain why the naked life-size statue of Mr Trump, which was recently sold for £18,000, sports a lingering belly.

On Saturday, the statue was sold at an auction in Los Angeles by a mystery buyer.

The statue of Mr Trump first appeared in August in New York by an anarchist collective called INDECLINE and was reportedly also erected in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Seattle and Cleveland.

However, the New York model lasted two hours before it was toppled just after 1pm by the city’s Parks Department, with onlookers reportedly booing the officials.

Department spokesman Sam Biederman said in a statement: “NYC Parks stands firmly against any unpermitted erection in city parks, no matter how small.”

The statue is called “The Emperor Has No Balls” and is a play on the short story “The Emperor Has No Clothes”.