The Siren statue of Kate Moss by Marc QuinnWe went to see the £1.5million solid gold statue of Kate Moss by sculptor Marc Quinn in the British Museum yesterday.

The statue, titled ‘Siren’, is said to weigh 50kg - roughly the same than La Moss herself - and is thought to be the largest solid gold statue made since the Ancient Egyptians went for that sort of thing, back in the day. But, and this may be intentional, the gold just looked fake to me - tacky and cheap to me, the same way it does in a large amount anywhere such as gold-plated features on buildings.

My boyfriend (who was in a bad mood because we got soaked on the way there and his back was hurting) saw the statue in a very negative light - that it was idealising Kate Moss and the culture of skinniness: that a waif-like figure is as precious as gold is or was, when it was even more rare and valuable than it is today.

I wondered if the title offered a different interpretation - but an equally negative one: that both Kate (standing in for, I guess, celebrity culture in general) and gold (the pursuit of wealth) are a distraction that leads us to danger - like the sirens of Greek mythology luring sailors onto the rocks.

Also, she has a knobbly back.

The statue went on display in the Ancient Greek bit of the Musuem on Saturday and will be there until its sale in January.