Momo is a nickname given to a sculpture of a young woman with long black hair, large bulging eyes, a wide smile and bird legs. In 2018, pictures of the sculpture became associated with an urban legend involving a WhatsApp phone number that messages dangerous tasks to those who attempts to contact it, linked to a hoax game referred to as the Momo Challenge or Momo Game. The alleged game, which premise was similar to the Blue Whale Challenge, was revealed to be hoax, with law enforcement not being able to confirm any cases of harm. The challenge briefly regained popularity in 2019, while Momo became a subject of memes, fan art and other content.
In 2016, the sculpture was created by the Japanese artist Keisuke Aiso (Aisawa) from the special effects company Link Factory and placed on display at the Vanilla Gallery in Tokyo, Japan. On August 25th, 2016, Instagram user nanaakooo posted a photograph of the sculpture.
Pictures of it subsequently became an urban legend on the Spanish-speaking web and was associated with "a phone number that could be added to WhatsApp."
On August 26th, Instagram users @ma_kimodo_shi and @j_s_rock posted photographs of the sculpture .
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