 " The Statue " is the sixth episode of the second season of the NBC sitcom Seinfeld , and the show 's 11th episode overall . In the episode , protagonist Jerry Seinfeld ( Jerry Seinfeld ) inherits some old possessions of his grandfather . One of these is a statue , resembling one that his friend George Costanza ( Jason Alexander ) broke when he was ten years old . When Jerry sees the statue in the house of Ray ( Michael D. Conway ) , the man who cleaned his apartment , he believes Ray stole the statue . Jerry struggles to get back at Ray , as his friend Elaine Benes ( Julia Louis @-@ Dreyfus ) is editing a book written by Ray 's girlfriend . 
