Via ABC News Australia:

A Japanese company has agreed to withdraw from sale a figurine of Buddha with a bulge between its legs.

The plastic figurine of the seated, grinning Buddha had upset monks from an eighth century temple in the ancient capital of Nara.

They complained that the statuette had an inappropriately large bulge between its legs.

The manufacturer has agreed to pull the figurine from sale.

A marketing official has told the AFP newsagency that the company normally approves all Buddha designs unless they are extraordinarily strange.

Thanks to reader/commenter Johan for a link to this silly-ass thing.