Photo: Kirill Sukhorukov / Tipichnyi Novosibirsk / Vkontakte

Last week, pedestrians in Novosibirsk, near the city's Kalinin Square, happened upon a giant golden phallus planted in the street, outside a building that's home to a computer equipment store and a social services center for veterans. According to the website Chestnoe Slovo, there were actually two phallus statues in what was an advertisement for an erotic goods outlet called "Don Juan."

The five-foot-six-inch golden phallus was reportedly on the street for about 20 minutes, before several elderly passersby complained. When the store's owner finally tried to remove the statue by bringing it back inside, it took nearly an hour to maneuver the object into the building, as it didn't fit easily through the doorway.