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Throughout the years, vandals have occasionally broken off parts of the left hand, toes and a sphere that the figure originally held.

Despite these defeats, Mahama has remained in the political sphere - he is currently leader of the opposition.

But all eyes were on Chancay and what it says about China's growing assertiveness in a region that the US has traditionally seen as its sphere of influence.

"We found the sticky spheres contained hundreds of different components," said Associate Professor Jon Beves from the University of NSW, who led the investigation.

Diatribes against Democrats, immigrants and other people that should have been contained to the private sphere spilled out into the open while his campaign fought against negative headlines and against each other.