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How's this for bizarre? At an exhibition in London, a sculpture was rejected for display by the Royal Academy of Arts in favor of its stand:

David Hensel, 64, from East Grinstead, West Sussex, was told the laughing head would be part of the summer exhibition.

But at a preview he found that just a piece of wood intended to support the head was on display on the plinth.

The Academy said the judging panel assumed the two pieces were separate and decided the support was better.

I guess they thought it was modern art. But seriously, why would someone think that a simple, nondescript plinth was meant to be a submission?