The Virgin Mary statues were filled with heroin bags to smuggle the narcotics outside of Nigeria. The drug smugglers' plane, a Beechcraft, didn't reached its destination but crashed on the Island.
The shown Virgin Mary statue is an exact replica prop of the show-used one. The prop set even contains two baggies full of heroin, they're originally placed inside the statue, but I didn't want to break it up. Of course, there's NO heroin inside the statue nor in the baggies but substituted with brown sugar, it's a REPLICA PROP :). The statue is of heavy ceramic and stands 12 inch tall.
Boone throws down one of the Virgin Mary statues he finds in the drug smugglers Beechcraft ...
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... where it breaks and Locke discovers that the statue is filled with heroin.
(S1E19 - Deus Ex Machina)
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Eko gives Charlie a Virgin Mary statue for the one Eko broke.
(S2E10 - The 23rd Psalm)
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Charlie decides to throw all Virgin Mary statues into the ocean.
(S2E22 - Three Minutes)
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In Nigeria, outside a church, a woman tries to sell statues of the Virgin Mary ...
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... to raise money for polio vaccines for the village. It's the village where Eko lives.
(S2E10 - The 23rd Psalm)
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For comparison: LOST - The Official Show Auction Lot #203
Four (4) Virgin Mary statues
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