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More than just liches actually, and there were many different variations of the staute as well.
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I remembered that we have a bunch of these on Pacific in the lower levels of the Dungeon Deceit on the Felucca facet. Many are static objects but, as you can see, quite a few are not:
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Notice there are both beneficial and harmful spells, and if the statue still has charges, they work just as expected. Looks like all of the small marble statues that can be found as loot on vorpal bunnies or ratmen or crafted by a mason (with the exception of the bust statue) may have been available at one time.
On a side note, I recall passing through Deceit in Felucca on a daily basis years ago and seeing just one or two of these spell statues, and neither had any charges left. The reappearance of so many of these new ones with renewed charges is something that had to have happened somewhat recently. I wonder if it coincided with the devs adding more artwork and ambience to places like the Doom Gauntet and Serpent's Hold. Anyone have any insight?