...and just in time for Christmas...
A former Eastern Bloc country is trying to find a new home for a five tonne statue of Lenin.
Authorities in Slovakia put the statue in a scrapyard after a company boss demanded it was moved from the front of his building.
The bronze statue of the Soviet communist leader had stood outside the headquarters of the municipal maintenance service in Nitra for decades.
But when a new headquarters was opened up, the statue was left behind and the new owner of the building doesn't want it.
Dagmar Bojdova, from Nitra town hall, said: "We have been looking for a place for the statue for a long time.
"Some people think it should be melted down. But we never received such a proposal in writing.
"And I personally think that it shouldn't be destroyed. It's part of our past. It should be preserved for future generations."
Five Tonne Lenin statue available-- free to good home!
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Hmm... I've been looking for a statue for my garden.
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do they pay shipping?
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The perfect gift for the Berkeleyite on your shopping list. 
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Sweet. I've been needing a new decoration for my room.
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