The sculpture was created by Italian artist Arturo Di Modica in the wake of the 1987 Black Monday stock market crash. On December 14, 1989, Di Modica arrived on Wall Street with "Charging Bull" on the back of a truck and illegally dropped the sculpture outside of the New York Stock Exchange Building. After being removed by the New York City Police Department later that day, "Charging Bull" was installed at Bowling Green a week later. Despite initially having only a temporary permit to be located at Bowling Green, "Charging Bull" became a popular tourist attraction. In 2017, another bronze sculpture titled "Fearless Girl" was installed across from "Charging Bull", though it was later relocated.