FARGO, N.D. (KFGO) – More than a month after Lady Liberty on Veterans Memorial Bridge on Main Avenue went missing, Mayor Tim Mahoney says authorities haven’t had any luck finding her. Mahoney says they didn’t find any evidence that the Statue ended up in the River, but he doesn’t think it can be found at this point.

The statue had about 300 pounds of metal that Mahoney thinks could have been chopped up and scrapped. He says they are now focused on finding a replacement. The City’s Manager of Communications and Public Affairs, Greg Schildberger, found a similar statue for $1700.

Mahoney says he is “disappointed” that the thieves didn’t return the statue even after they were given an opportunity to return it without legal repercussions.