‘What happened to the testicles?’: mockery in Milan over bull mosaic’s restoration

<p>Rampant Bull needed a makeover after wear and tear from tourists, but refurbishment ‘castrated’ it, critics say</p><p>The restoration of a floor mosaic in Milan called the Rampant Bull has been mocked after the works appear to have erased a crucial anatomical detail – its testicles.</p><p>The 19th-century mosaic in the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II shopping arcade <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/28/bull-mosaic-testicles-milan-italy-restoration">needed a makeover</a> because a small crater had formed in the tiny pink tiles featuring the bull’s testicles, due to the constant stream of tourists performing a heel-spinning gesture.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jun/01/milan-mockery-rampant-bull-mosaic-restoration-refurbishment-testicles-castrated">Continue reading...</a>