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# What an Ancient Roman Penis & Hand Transplant Looks Like
- URL: https://hyperallergic.com/roman-penis-hand-transplant/
- Published: 2010-11-25T13:00:28.000Z
- Updated: 2025-11-24T16:03:03.000Z
- Description: We already mention [http://hyperallergic.com/12906/italian-pm-gives-roman-statue-a-new-penis/] that the scandal-prone Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's ridiculous request to provide an antique Roman sculpture with a new penis and hand but The Telegraph shows us what the before and after of
- Author: Hrag Vartanian
- Tags: Opinion, #image-position-hidden, Ancient Rome, Italy, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2025-11-17 09:23 (2009-2011)

[![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/51/f8/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a/content/images/hyperallergic-newspack-s3-amazonaws-com/uploads/2010/11/italianstatues.jpg "italianstatues")](http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/italy/8144012/New-penis-for-statue-in-Silvio-Berlusconis-Rome-office.html?ref=hyperallergic.com)

We [already mentioned](https://hyperallergic.com/italian-pm-gives-roman-statue-a-new-penis/) that the scandal-prone Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi requested that an antique Roman sculpture receive a new penis and hand but [*The Telegraph*](http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/italy/8144012/New-penis-for-statue-in-Silvio-Berlusconis-Rome-office.html?ref=hyperallergic.com) shows us what the before and after of the sculptural plastic surgery actually looked like.

Our assessment: not really worth it, and especially considering the [Italian arts budget was severely cut](http://dailyme.com/story/2010112300005198/italy-president-criticises-culture-budget-cuts.html?ref=hyperallergic.com) by the government. \[[*The Telegraph*](http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/italy/8144012/New-penis-for-statue-in-Silvio-Berlusconis-Rome-office.html?ref=hyperallergic.com)\]