A bronze statue of Namihei, a well-known cartoon character, twice this month lost the trademark lone hair on the top of his bald head, according to people in Setagaya Ward, Tokyo.
Neighborhood people first found that the 10-cm-long hair made of wire was missing around May 7. It had been screwed into and glued onto the statue’s head.
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