Originally Posted by Wingman32
That doesn't look like a statue with a sense of humour. It looks like a statue honoring the partisant army during WWII.
This made me curious and so I googled a little bit:
The Vaartkapoen (D) - "The Canal Guy" - on the Sainctelette
square in Brussels; clearly illustrates the attitude towards
authority of the true Molenbekenaar. A young rascal; whose head
appears from a drain, grabs a helmeted "ajoen" (police officer)
by the ankle before disappearing down the sewers that discharge
into the canal. This original bronze statue by Tom Frantzen
was inaugurated together with the Boulevard Leopold II in October
1991: The statue was stolen a few weeks after the opening of
this axis that connects the Place Rogier to the Basilique in
Koekelberg. To prevent any repetition in the future, the artist
this time did not spare the nuts and bolts to keep his work
securely in place.
http://www.stanleygibbons.com/newiss...=1453/03_jul2b
So, it doesn't seem to be related to WWII and the partisan army.