A miniature contest winner has had his piece removed from display after viewers eventually realised it was a porn set.
Preston Poling, from Louisville, Kentucky, won third place at the State Fair’s miniature contest.
Preston insisted his piece was a ‘simple design’ of a room with a black leather couch, a desk and a computer.
But he really created a smaller version of ‘The Casting Couch’, which is a popular pornography set.
His friend’s noticed his piece was missing from the display after it went viral online.
Poling said: ‘My first thought was, because of the publicity that had gotten going viral that somebody had helped themselves to the build.
‘So I went there [Wednesday morning] to investigate that and figure out exactly what had happened.’
State fair officials told him it was removed as it was deemed ‘an inappropriate build’.
Judges nearly considered disqualifying him and removing his other entries.
He had also won best in show for his miniature scene from the AMC show The Walking Dead, plus a craftmanship award for his miniature based on book ‘Goodnight Moon’.
But Preston was allowed to keep his winning ribbons after he insisted his ‘casting couch’ entry was meant to make people laugh.
He said: ‘It was more of a tongue-in-cheek, kind of humorous, if you get it, you get it kind of thing.
‘It gets people talking, that’s what art is supposed to do. Whether you like it or you don’t like it, or you think it’s inappropriate or you think it’s too simple, the whole point is to get people discussing it and talking about it and getting excited to go to the fair. And it’s definitely done that.’
Kentucky State Fair told Louisville Public Media: ‘Entries submitted to the fair are routinely reviewed throughout the event.’
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