Sculptor Fumes as His $100K Charlie Kirk Statue Gets Snubbed

A New York sculptor is furious after spending $100,000 of his own money on a life-size statue of Charlie Kirk, only to find nobody wants to buy it. Sergio Furnari hoped the statue of the slain far-right activist, set for Times Square, would raise “millions.” Instead, he’s been flooded with messages threatening to urinate on it. He also broke his foot tripping over tape in his studio. “Is it cursed? Maybe. I don’t know,” he told The Guardian, adding he wasn’t even a fan of some of Kirk’s views, particularly on Palestine. Furnari said he built the statue to “glorify and to exercise the First Amendment,” though he also cited supporting Kirk’s widow and wanting to “commemorate a person.” He’d hoped wealthy donors would step up to cover his $100,000 in materials and labor. None did. His fundraiser, aiming for $150,000, has crawled to under $8,000, with online commenters predicting it will be “destroyed and vandalized” within hours of its planned September unveiling. “People are strange out there,” Furnari said. “So far I’ve spent all my money on this.”

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