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These ‘penis-head’ statues at the Winter Olympics in PyeongChang are the world’s new favourite meme
These trio of starkers statues - spotted sporting phallic heads - have stimulated the internet's creative juices.
BIG naked statues erected at the PyeongChang Olympic village have spawned an explosion of memes - because their heads resemble todgers.
The rigid steel artworks were spotted standing proud by visitors to the winter games and have been gaining cult status thanks to their strikingly phallic appearance.
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Each statue is clone of each other.
And the towering trio, who are standing to attention, are naked from the shoulders down.
But it was the helmet heads that have captured the imagination of the internet.
So much so that Bullet Man has become an overnight meme sensation across the planet and could well be on their way to gaining international treasure status.
Someone has even paid tribute to the stalwart statues by knitting a miniature version.
Another inspired meme was created using Lego.
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The art installation, located outside the media centre, were actually put up in 2009 and are called “Bullet Man”.
It is understood the statues are meant to symbolise “the human desire for a cool body plus wealth and honour with a concrete image”.
The meme sensation comes after the Winter Olympics torch lighting ceremony was mocked as viewers said the giant metal rings used to ignite the cauldron looked like a "robot fire penis".
Millions watched as torchbearer Kim Yuna lowered the flame to an "icicle mound" at the climax of spectacular opening ceremony in Pyeongchang.
Winter Olympic torch lighting ceremony mocked as 'phallic'
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