A statue of King Kong by Nicholas Monro was commissioned in 1972 for display in Manzoni Gardens in The Bull Ring, in the centre of Birmingham, England.

[1] It was later displayed elsewhere in Birmingham, then at markets in Edinburgh, Penrith (where it was subsequently stored), at the Henry Moore Institute in Leeds, and now in the owner's garden in Cumbria.

[7] The statue was displayed in Manzoni Gardens (previously the site of Birmingham Market Hall; now subsumed beneath the Bullring shopping mall).

"[8] After the statue had been on display for four months,[2] Birmingham City Council was offered the opportunity to purchase the work at a reduced rate of £2,000,[7][9] but decided not to retain it,[1] and so in September 1972,[2] it was sold for £3,000[10] to a local used-car dealer,[1] Mike Shanley,[11] who changed the name of his dealership to King Kong Car Co.[12] and displayed the statue at his sales lot[1] on the A34 Stratford Road, next to the former Holy Trinity church in the Camp Hill area of the city.

[6] It was subsequently displayed at Skirsgill Auction Mart, a market site in Penrith,[17] and was still there in January 2011[16] albeit lying down,[17] in a car park near its former position.

It was unveiled in a pop-up park on Great Hampton Row in Birmingham's Jewellery Quarter in July, to coincide with the Commonwealth Games held in the city.