Provincial governor said government facilities ' n't be used for politics . Huge piece of shoe thrown at former President Bush was at stake . The monument commemorating the journalist who hurled his shoes at President George W. Bush was taken down a day after it was erected , local officials in Tikrit told CNN . Orphans helped artist ##ize the $ 5,000 sculpture .
Provincial governor said government facilities ' n't be used for politics . Huge piece of shoe thrown at former President Bush was at stake . Orphans helped artist ##ize the $ 5,000 sculpture .