An Interesting Phenomenon
Researchers started wondering why so many Egyptian statues and sculptures had broken noses a long time ago. Thanks to a thorough research, it was discovered that the Egyptians themselves vandalized the statues in order to take the "life force" out of the statues.
They believed that these statues were alive somehow, and if they represented an opposing figure or a God they did not worship, breaking their nose would not allow them to breathe and therefore, they would die. There have also been cases of statues with broken ears so that they cannot hear prayers anymore.