Complex sentence: One of the sculptures he sent was a statute of a Bathing Venus which he Prussian king liked so much that he did not dare to take it out of its case fearing it might be damaged.
Split into simpler sentences: One of the sculptures he sent was a statute of a Bathing Venus. Story has it that the Prussian king liked the sculpture so much that he did not dare to take it out of its box out of fear it might be damaged.