BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- The monument commemorating the journalist who hurled his shoes at President George W. Bush was taken down a day after it was erected, local officials in Tikrit told CNN. A monument to a shoe thrown at former President Bush is unveiled at the Tikrit Orphanage complex. Assisted by kids at the Tikrit Orphanage, sculptor Laith al-Amiri on Tuesday erected a huge brown replica of one of the shoes hurled at Bush last month by journalist Muntadhir al-Zaidi during a press conference in Baghdad. But officials from Salaheddin province told CNN that the monument was removed after a request from the central government, which has charges pending against al-Zaidi -- now in an Iraqi jail.
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Provincial governor says government facilities can't be used for politics
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Huge sculpture of shoe thrown at former President Bush was at orphanage
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Orphans helped artist build the $5,000 sculpture
"Those orphans who helped the sculptor in building this monument were the victims of @placeholder's war," al-Naseri said.