Known locally as the "Bonne Mere" (Good Mother), she is 11.2 metres (36.7 feet) tall and her crown towers 225 metres above the Mediterranean Sea. She was last covered in gold leaf in 1989 but wind ...
It is a moment that has now been immortalised in 24-carat gold ... a plastic crown head above her head in celebration. To capture the moment, Mosley used acrylic paint on gold leaf worth thousands ...