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A statue of pagan deity Baphomet erected outside the New Hampshire State House by the Satanic Temple has been destroyed overnight, State Rep. Ellen Read confirmed.

That statue was toppled just days after it was unveiled on Saturday.

The statue was displayed next to a nativity scene, causing uproar among locals.

A tablet listing tenets of the Satanic organization was also destroyed.

The statue’s destruction was believed to have occurred sometime between Sunday morning and Monday afternoon.

Police said they are investigating the incident.

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Rep. Read, a radical leftist, invited the Salem, Massachusetts-based Satanic Temple to erect the statue next to a Christmas display.

According to the lawmaker, who represents Newmarket, the statue was meant to celebrate Issac Newton and “celebrate science and the pursuit of knowledge.”

“I approached them as a person who cares about equal representation on public grounds for religions,” Read said.

The leftist lawmaker said she came up with the idea after being “disturbed” by other religious displays outside the state house.

City officials feared being sued by the Satanic Temple if they refused to grant a permit for the statue.

“I opposed the permit because I believe the request was made not in the interest of promoting religious equity, but in order to drive an anti-religious political agenda,” Concord Mayor Byron Champlin said.

City officials said all religious displays should be allowed or none at all, citing the First Amendment.

Champlin said he would look into the prospect of updating the city’s policies by next year’s holiday season.

“The First Amendment doesn’t mean anything unless we’re actually making it work,” Read said.

She added that t the statue was not meant to “demean others.”

“The reaction seems so emotional, so knee-jerk, that the idea that a mannequin and a goat mask would create all of this animosity,” she said.

However, the lawmaker failed to provide information on whether plans are in place to re-erect the statue.

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