Who's behind the 15ft gold statue of Donald Trump called 'Don Colossus'?

Forget red carpets — there’s a 15-foot gold statue stealing the spotlight and it’s not at a movie premiere. Meet “Don Colossus,” the towering, gleaming effigy of Donald Trump that’s been causing more drama than a reality TV reunion special.

This larger-than-life tribute (okay, literal larger than life) was dreamed up by a band of crypto hustlers who thought a sparkly Trump monument might be just the thing to send their memecoin humming. They tapped Ohio artist Alan Cottrill, a sculptor who usually crafts historical heroes but now finds himself in the middle of what feels like a political art-heist plot.

But here’s the twist worthy of an O. Henry ending: Cottrill refuses to hand over the giant golden dude until he’s paid what he says he’s owed — and we’re talking serious sculptor tantrum energy. Apparently, the crypto crew used pictures of the statue to pump their token without paying full rights, and now the statue is like the world’s priciest “IOU” sitting in an Ohio foundry.

Whether Don Colossus ends up in Florida, Miami, G20 limelight, or just in the hearts of memes everywhere remains a cliffhanger… but one thing’s clear: this is the art-world drama we never knew we needed.