A New York art gallery is set to exhibit a milk chocolate sculpture of Jesus Christ in the run-up to Easter.

The 6ft sculpture, entitled ‘My Sweet Lord’, depicts Jesus naked on the cross, reports the BBC.

The sculpture, by Canadian-born artist Cosimo Cavallaro, will be displayed from Monday at Manhattan’s Lab Gallery.

Mr Cavallaro used 200lbs of chocolate to make the sculpture which, unusually, depicts Jesus without a loincloth.

Catholic League head Bill Donohue called it “one of the worst assaults on Christian sensibilities ever”.

“The fact that they chose Holy Week shows this is calculated, and the timing is deliberate,” Mr Donohue said.

The gallery’s creative director, Matt Semler, said the gallery was considering its options in the wake of angry emails and telephone calls.

“We’re obviously surprised by the overwhelming response and offence people have taken,” he said. “We are certainly in the process of trying to figure out what we’re going to do next.”

Mr Semler said the timing of the exhibition was coincidental.

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