NEW YORK — Someone stole the penis from the nude, anatomically correct
chocolate sculpture of Jesus Christ that had been scheduled to go on
display in New York tomorrow night. The theft was discovered early this
morning by a custodian at the Lab Gallery in the Roger Smith Hotel,
where the exhibition was to have taken place.
A gallery official who announced the cancellation of the exhibit
explained that there wasn't enough time to re-sculpt the missing part
before tomorrow night.
"Jesus was big for his age," said Geoff Bolton, creative director at
the gallery. "You didn't find many six-feet-tall men with a size
thirteen sandal in his time, and getting the details right in a
correspondingly large penis takes some doing. Besides, part of the
Lord's left testicle was damaged...
