Is this Undeniable Evidence some Statues were once Alive I say Yes

Ovid wrote about the earliest Gods that created Earth and the he Serious? Opening lines are.... “I intend to speak of forms changed into new entities;“).[24] Accompanying this theme is often violence, inflicted upon a victim whose transformation becomes part of the natural landscape.“ I believe statues had actually creatures inside in many cases. “There is a great variety among the types of transformations that take place: from human to inanimate objects (Nileus), constellations (Ariadne's Crown), animals (Perdix); from animals (ants) and fungi (mushrooms) to human; of sex (hyenas); and of colour (pebbles)“