Man walks off with $38,000 statue of woman in a bikini

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Missing: one statuesque brunette, 5 feet 2 inches tall with blue eyes, abducted Sunday afternoon from Reston Town Center. Witnesses say she was carried off by a man now wanted by Fairfax County police.

The woman, last seen wearing a bikini, goes by the name "Legs Folded." That's according to Marc Sijan, the Wisconsin artist who spent six months painstakingly crafting the life-size, eerily lifelike image out of poly-resin.

Sijan was displaying his sculptures at the Northern Virginia Fine Arts Festival when he realized that "Legs," a work of figurative realism valued at $38,000, had been plucked off its pedestal and carried off by an admirer.

Several witnesses recalled a man who scooped the 40-pound sun worshiper up in his arms and strolled away. Investigators reasoned that no one had a clue the sculpture was being pinched.

"There were dozens, if not hundreds, of people there," Fairfax County police Sgt. Jeff Gossett said. "Someone carrying that life-sized sculpture down the street, you'd think it would be easy to spot. . . . But it didn't draw the right attention because no one called us."

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...I do hope this doesn't end up as an episode of "Real Sex". ;-)

He is INCREDIBLE! If you get the opportunity go see his stuff - you will be amazed.