An "American tourist" has been blasted for climbing onto Copenhagen's mermaid statue and getting a bit too friendly.<br /><br />Dylan Trinkler, 19, witnessed a fellow tourist cuddling the The Little Mermaid statue - despite signs stating "CLIMBING ON THE SCULPTURE IS NOT ALLOWED".<br /><br />Bizarre video footage shows the woman perched on the rock base of the statue rubbing her face on it, on Saturday (9/9) .<br /><br />There are signs surrounding the sculpture to stop people touching the monument and Dylan says spectators were unhappy with the woman's behaviour.<br /><br />He said: "There was a crowd of about 100 people and everyone was watching on really confused.<br /><br />"The Danish people there were saying, ‘this is Danish heritage’ and ‘that’s artwork.’ <br /><br />"Also, many people were booing and shouting for her to get off.<br /><br />"She started pretending to make out with the sculpture and people were outraged.<br /><br />"They started asking her why she was doing it, saying that it was disrespectful, but she just laughed it off.<br /><br />"When she came down she went to the woman she was there with and started high-fiving and kissing her. It was bizarre."<br /><br />The sculpture, unveiled in 1913, is made of bronze and granite and sits in the water at Langelinie Pier.<br /><br />The Little Mermaid is inspired by Hans Christian Andersen's famous fairy tale about a mermaid who gives up everything to be united with a young, handsome prince on land.
