Giant statue sighting in Hamburg A "mermaid" sculpture rises in Germany's Alster lake.

Meet the not-so-Little Mermaid that has been having a right old knees-up in the German city of Hamburg.
Oliver Voss's floating sculpture is designed to look like a woman bathing in the picturesque Alster Lake.
The three-piece work of art, which is 13ft high and 98ft long, will be turning heads for the next ten days - with many visitors boarding rowing boats to get a closer look.

The enormous sculpture, made from steel and styrofoam, does not resemble a traditional mermaid.
Instead of a woman with a fishtail, Voss's lady of the lake has legs bent at the knee and protruding from the water.

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