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A solid gold statue of model Kate Moss has been unveiled at the British Museum in London.

The sculpture by artist Marc Quinn is entitled 'Siren' and is said to be the largest gold statue created since the time of Ancient Egypt.

Weighing 50kg and costing ￡1.5 million ($2.6 million) the sculpture will form part of the exhibition 'Statuephilia' which will run at the museum from 4 October.

(Reuters.com October 4, 2008)