King Kong statue returns to Birmingham for Commonwealth Games

Statue is recreation of pop art installation by Nicholas Munro displayed in city centre in 1970s

When the British pop artist Nicholas Monro was asked to make a public sculpture for Birmingham in the 1970s, he raised a few eyebrows when he produced an 18ft fibreglass statue of King Kong.

It was really just a finger up to the system. They wanted something typical and boring, so he gave them a massive gorilla," said Monro's son Claude. I think there was a certain amount of Is this art? What is this?'" added Joe, Claude's elder brother.