Every ten years, all buildings in Paris have to be cleaned on the outside. That's why, even if the buildings aren't perfectly clean, they're much cleaner than buildings in Italy that are often almost black on the surface. You see all kinds of cleaning, but most often the scaffolding goes up, the shutters come down and in a few months the building looks great again.
Until recently, I'd never seen statues being cleaned, but there's a rash of them right now. Often they are done in place. One is being done under a cover, I think they have been sandblasting it on the inside of this tent. Someone that's involved with these projects puts a sign out explaining what's going on.
Some statues really need to be cleaned. This one is so mossy it almost blends in to the scenery.
All in all, the statues are well-maintained, and grace the gardens of Paris with beautiful artwork and reminders of famous people and mythological creatures. The Statue of Liberty is gone. Don't know if it will be returned.
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