{"id":549346,"date":"2026-04-25T02:48:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-25T02:48:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/549346\/"},"modified":"2026-04-25T02:48:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-25T02:48:11","slug":"monty-pythons-terry-jones-nude-statue-to-be-unveiled-in-colwyn-bay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/549346\/","title":{"rendered":"Monty Python&#8217;s Terry Jones nude statue to be unveiled in Colwyn Bay"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Llandudno sculptor Nick Elphick, who regularly appears in the BBC series Extraordinary Portraits, created the design after consulting Jones&#8217; family.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">He said the most challenging aspect was representing a larger than life character while making sure his smile was &#8220;just right for the family&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The life-sized sculpture shows the late star nude, wearing a flapping tie and with wild hair, grinning as he strikes the classic &#8216;organist&#8217; pose.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The organ merges into Terry&#8217;s writing desk, loaded with nods to his multi-faceted career.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">It reflects his work beyond Python including his medieval history books.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;I&#8217;m a perfectionist so I&#8217;m never happy, but I know that I&#8217;ve put my heart and soul into it,&#8221; said Elphick. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;I&#8217;ve done literally 15-hour days for nearly a year and a half now, so I&#8217;m hoping that people love him.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Llandudno sculptor Nick Elphick, who regularly appears in the BBC series Extraordinary Portraits, created the design after consulting&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":549347,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[6491,96,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-549346","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrities","8":"tag-celebrities","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom","12":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/549346","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=549346"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/549346\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/549347"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=549346"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=549346"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=549346"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}