I remember Gustav Vigeland's lovely statuary in Oslo's Frogner Park: The
192 granite larger-than-life sculptures are all nude, and most of them are
quite accessible to touching ... including the dangling, very highly
polished testicles of one figure. (And the answer is "yes": Seeing the
precedent, I couldn't resist, either.)

>Frankly, I find well touched bronze statuary to be much more beautiful than
>pristine ones. There are a great many bronzes displayed in public places
>that are frequently touched, and that survive very well. The deposition of
>oils, and the polishing give a wonderful patina that quite charmingly
>records which part of the work people find most sensuous.
>

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