Bust and statuette he had made of himself:
First off, it is very unlikely he 'made' this statuette, or bust. Does it enhance his physique? Most likely. Think about it, if you commissioned a replica of yourself, would you not request that it showed you at your best or better than? When you pose for a photo or even take a selfie, don't you try to look the best you can, so why wouldn't you want to be immortalized to look even better than you do in real life.
I look like crap in most photos and my selfies make me look like a deceased alien. Hint, I look better in my DMV photo than I do in any others. The best photos of me were taken at work when the staff would be photographed when the students got their school photos for the year. Trust me, the companies that took student photos were far from expert photographers.