A historic copper statue stolen from an Illinois church was reportedly sold for roughly $100 in scrap, although prosecutors allege the artwork was worth more than $10,000. Four people now face felony charges in connection with the disappearance of a sculpture that had stood in the church garden for generations.
The approximately five-foot-tall, hammered-copper artwork depicted St. Francis of Assisi and belonged to St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Alton.
Investigators believe the sculpture was transported across the Mississippi River to St. Louis, where it was scrapped less than 48 hours after disappearing in September…