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Statue of drowning girl appears in Bilbao river to highlight sustainability issue
A lifelike face of a young girl drowning in the tide appeared in a Spanish river in Bilbao unannounced last week.
The figure is a piece from Mexican hyperrealist artist Ruben Orozco and is called Bihar, which means tomorrow in Basque.
In the clip, the statue of the brown-haired girl stands neck-deep in water.
The 120kg (265lbs) fibreglass figure becomes submerged and uncovered each day as the tide rises and falls on the River Nervion.
The figure is part of a campaign for the BBK Foundation, the charitable arm of Spanish lender Kutxabank, to encourage debate around sustainability.
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