US police say they are looking for a “person of interest” after a naked Donald Trump statue was stolen in South Florida.

According to Miami police, the statue of the Republican presidential nominee was taken from the Wynwood arts district.

Security guards in Wynwood told police they saw a group of men loading the statue into a pick-up truck.

A witness told investigators he took a picture of the truck as it left the neighbourhood. Police ran a check on the licence plate and are now looking for the registered owner of the truck as a “person of interest”.

The stolen statue is one of the life-size naked Trump statues which artist collective in-decline installed around the US in August.