Some American found it in a junk pile somewhere in what used to be Czechoslovakia. He brought it to the US but then died. Go figure.
Since 1995, the statue has been held in trust waiting for a buyer, standing on temporary display for the last 25 years on a prominent street corner in the Fremont neighborhood of Seattle.
They try to distinguish from the statues that have been trashed by saying this one is privately owned and on private property. But I dont think any of that matters to the hooligans. What matters to them is that this is their guy.