Look, it&#x27;s stone. It was carved with a hammer and chisel. There is no &quot;undo&quot; and you don&#x27;t even know if there might be a hidden defect in the stone until it snaps. You can&#x27;t glue a broken penis back on. If you break it, you keep it, unless you can find a buyer for a stone penis and the corresponding emasculated statue.<p>Some of these statues probably started off with huge penises. The stone broke, and thus the statues got downsized. It&#x27;s that or lug a new boulder back to the workshop.<p>Statue buyers must have had a say as well, and vandalism is not a recent invention. People have been snapping parts off of art since before recorded history. If you were an ancient statue buyer, would you choose a design that will easily suffer damage at the hands of a 12-year-old kid? No way. Short is best. It&#x27;s probably cheaper too.