Antony Gormley statue submerged by floodwater in Water of Leith

A statue of a man standing in the Water of Leith was submerged by Monday's flash floods in Edinburgh.

The statue has been swept away. Pic: contributed

The Antony Gormley sculpture at Powderhall, which is one of six life-size figures positioned between the grounds of the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art (SNGMA) and the sea at Leith Docks, was nowhere to be seen.

The statue has been swept away. Pic: contributed

A video taken on Monday of the spot where the statue once was showed a high, fast-flowing river carrying debris such as branches and logs.

The statue had only been up a few weeks after being reinstated last month.

One local resident said that the statue kept tipping over during floods a few years ago.

Artist Antony Gormley’s cast-iron, humanoid figures were originally installed in 2010 - but some of the sculptures were removed following problems in 2012.

The figures are casts of the Turner Prize winning artist's body.