100-pound Snowden bust appears in NYC park

A monument to Edward Snowden was erected in Fort Greene on Monday morning.Photo: Justine Williams

Even a fake Edward Snowden cant spend a day in NYC before getting carted away by authorities.

A 100-pound bronze bust of the infamous whistleblower was erected early Monday morning on top of Fort Greene Parks Prison Ship Martyrs monument, which pays homage to Revolutionary War soldiers.

Two anonymous artists took it upon themselves to modernize the monument by sneaking into the park at 4 a.m. and adhering Snowdens plaster head to the top of a pillar.

We have updated this monument to highlight those who sacrifice their safety in the fight against modern-day tyrannies, the artists wrote in a statement to ANIMAL New York.

It would be a dishonor to those memorialized here to not laud those who protect the ideals they fought for, as Edward Snowden has by bringing the NSAs 4th-Amendment-violating surveillance programs to light, they added. All too often, figures who strive to uphold these ideals have been cast as criminals rather than in bronze.

The artists worked with a West Coast sculptor for a year to create the 4-foot-tall replica. They devoted a lot of time to matching the monuments original aesthetic and figuring out a way to seamlessly adhere it in case city officials removed it.

Their attention to detail proved invaluable to the Parks Department, who raced to the scene and immediately covered the statue with a blue tarp.

Workers spent at least two hours strategizing how to remove the $30,000 statue and a plastic plaque bearing Snowdens name in block letters before taking both down just after 2 p.m, leaving behind a thin layer of glue on the monument.

The Parks Department didnt immediately respond to questions from The Post as to the statues future, but the NYPD did confirm it was investigating the incident.

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