I found, in the course of my editing, that when the statues rebuild the statue, the upper body is not correctly aligned with the lower body. With trial and error - and confirmation from Lady CFII - I found a work-around to correct the issue.

With this file, the statue's upper body will be offset slightly downward from what it normally is in the game, and will align perfectly with the lower body. It's exactly the same as the stock game files, except for the offset. You can download it by clicking here, and use it by placing it in the 'Images' directory of your VV3 installation.