Lugano authorities recover Satoshi Nakamoto statue that was thrown in lake

Authorities in Lugano, Switzerland, recovered a statue honoring Bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto after vandals forcibly pulled it off its podium and threw it into a nearby lake.

Satoshigallery, which has also installed copies of the statue in El Salvador and Japan, with plans for eighteen more, had offered a 0.1 BTC reward for its return, but confirmed no one will receive it since police retrieved the statue.

Italian artist Valentina Picozzi designed the statue to honor Satoshi's pseudonymity with a transparent, see-through structure.

A Change.org petition backed by Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino is urging the city to support restoring the statue, with costs covered by the artist and Satoshigallery.