A crowd of people standing in front of statues.
The statue is actually a gargoyle and it came to life.
The two sentences contradict each other based on they do not have anything in common. A gargoyle simply cannot come to life espiecally while several tourists are looking at it.
Gargoyles are on the edge of a roof and statues are on the ground.  Statues also do not come to life.
Multiple statues cannot be a statue.