Robbery cat Elisha (6 photos)

In St. Petersburg on the building Eliseevsky deli there is a sculpture of a cat, which is called Elisha. According to the legend - it symbolizes a cat who helped Count Shuvalov cope with evil spirits, which in the middle of the XVIII century prevented the count to build a palace.
People throw him a coin for good luck, and enterprising citizens ruin this piggy bank.