Interesting story behind that statue, as always the powerful people think about their priority in first instance and not about the heritage of the nation. Of course it is really good that the statue was rebuild and looks amazing, beautiful work and of course it must be a lot of expenses for gold plating too.
I do not know how it is in your country but in Europe many new build buildings even if they look good and stable but still not like the construction in the past, those ones that survived even two world wars.
Thank you for sharing.