The longhorn bull statue that sits atop Fairway Beef Co. in Worcester was almost turned into a steer Tuesday morning when a man reportedly climbed the building and tried to remove the bull's testicles.

Police responded to Fairway Beef on Grafton Street at 2:12 a.m. for a report of a man damaging the bull, according to the Worcester Telegram & Gazette. When authorities arrived, they found the man on top of the statue.

Alex Smith told the newspaper that he was cleaning up at the Mailbox Bar and Lounge next door when he heard a commotion coming from the roof of Fairway Beef.

He said he heard grunting and looked up to see the man straddling the bull, attempting to break off its tail and testicles.

"He was riding it when I showed up," Smith told the Telegram. "He ended up getting down and going at its privates and trying to rip them off and failed and went at the tail and tried to rip the tail off."

The Telegram reported that 24-year-old Sean Giorgi of Queen Street was arrested on charges of willful and malicious vandalism/defacing property and trespassing.

Fairway Beef wrote on Facebook that bull -- "Sir Loin" -- survived the encounter.

"Everything is back in its proper place and hanging well. (Thanks to a dull knife)," the business wrote.