Monument to Money Frog

The Toad Monument set up near Museum of Water in Kreschaty Park. Kreschaty and Mariinsky parks and also City Garden situated between them, often called by the common name – the Mariinsky Park.

Money Toad – a gift from the Kyiv sculptor Oleg Pinchuk. It weighs 6 tons and has several faces - in the mouth and on the back. Bronze toad with coins under the feet is a symbol of financial well-being. It is believed that she fulfill wishes. To attract into your life wealth, you need to rub the nose in the mouth of a frog and throw a coin into the slot in his mouth. There is a legend that the toad-coin-box has a huge bucket inside, where all the money thrown by tourists are collected. And when the bucket overflows, the mechanism will work and someone will get jackpot.