Statue of bare-breasted Hillary Clinton being groped removed from New York street

NEW YORK (UPI) -- A statue of a bare-breasted and goat-legged Hillary Clinton being groped caused a confrontation in downtown New York before police ordered it removed.

The statue, which depicts the Democratic presidential nominee with her breasts bared while being assaulted by an unknown bald man -- thought by some to represent the candidate's husband, former President Bill Clinton, or a generic Wall Street Banker -- was erected Tuesday morning outside Manhattan's Bowling Green station by artist Anthony Scioli, 27.

The statue, which also depicts Clinton with demon-like goat legs while standing on representations of her deleted emails and a map-like shape believed to represent Benghazi, drew the attention of many detractors, including a National Museum of the American Indian employee who identified herself as Nancy.

Nancy knocked the statue to the ground while arguing with Scioli and a video posted to Instagram shows Nancy and some other members of an assembled crowd trying to stop the artist from picking it back up.

"To put something up like this in front of my work place...I shouldn't have to see this," Nancy told the New York Daily News.

A museum spokesman said Nancy's actions don't represent the facility.

"[Nancy] was acting as a private citizen who was personally offended by the statue," the spokesman told NBC New York. Museum management is currently evaluating the situation with the employee.

Officers with the New York Police Department's counterterrorism unit arrived about 8:30 a.m. and ordered Scioli to remove the statue because he didn't have a permit for the display.

A sign on the statue credited "Mini Master" and Boogie Night Production for its production.

The statue follows in the footsteps of naked statues depicting Clinton's rival for the presidency, Republican Donald Trump, which were installed in August by anarchist collective INDECLINE in New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Cleveland and Seattle.