Update at 10:08
As Agnieszka Gergont informed us, this was the recommendation of the historic preservation officer.
Reader Maciej wrote:
I see that the heron's original pedestal has returned to its place :D Did the thief also throw it away somewhere and a passer-by find it? Haha, or was an identical one ordered, like the previous one.
And he added: – But it's still 1000% prettier than that square thing that was there, hehe.
We asked the Bolesławiec municipal authorities when and why the new pedestal was installed. We are awaiting a response.
Let us recall. We reported on the convoluted history of the aforementioned heron, among other places, in the article The Heron Returned to Its Place.