Sculptor Daniel Edwards stands next to his sculpture 'Paris Hilton Autopsy' at the Capla Kesting Fine Art studio in the Brooklyn borough of New York May 9, 2007. (Xinhua/Reuters Photo) Photo Gallery>>>

    BEIJING, May 10 (Xinhuanet) -- Artist Daniel Edwards's latest odd statue features hotel heiress and socialite Paris Hilton -- naked, provocatively posed, and seemingly dead, undergoing an autopsy, U.S. media reported on Thursday.

    For a show warning teens about underage drinking in New York, the sprawled-out "Hilton" clutches a cocktail glass in one hand and a cellphone in the other as her distressed dog, Tinkerbell, jumps across her bare chest. She and the animal wear matching tiaras.

    Edwards started making the work in polyester resin in January after the infamous party girl's arrest.

    "The Paris Hilton Autopsy" is a statement about the dangers of drunk driving just as high school prom season rolls around, said Edwards, who also sculpted a giant head of Cuban President Fidel Castro and created a life-size nude of Britney Spears giving birth on a bearskin rug.

    Edwards said he's using the jail-bound celebrity "as a vehicle for a public-service announcement, to educate teens."

    Hilton's spokesman, Elliot Mintz, did not immediately return a call for comment Wednesday.  

    Hilton, 26, pleaded no contest in January to alcohol-related reckless driving. On Friday, she was sentenced to 45 days in jail for violating her probation on that offense by driving on a suspended license.

    (Agencies)