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ENCINITAS, California (AP) — A mosaic of a surfing Madonna that is stuck to a wall under a train bridge in the California beach city of Encinitas is technically graffiti under the law.

But her beauty is drawing a mass following, and city officials have spent thousands hiring an art agency to see about removing her without causing damage.

The Los Angeles-based art conservation agency, Sculpture Conservation Studio, on Tuesday began testing ways to safely remove the rock and glass mosaic.

But it concluded in a report that there’s no better spot than under the overpass, protected from the sun and rain.

Mystery artists disguised as construction workers attached the mosaic to the concrete wall last month.

They used a strong epoxy glue.