In 1524, a statue of the Virgin Mary at the Cathedral in Riga, Latvia, was accused of being a witch. They put it on trial by water and threw it in the Dvina river. Since the wooden statue floated, they declared it guilty and burned it. – WTF Fun Facts
WTF Fun Fact – Trial By Water For Statue

Good catch Nauris
Hi,
In 1524 Riga was a part of Livonian Order, not Latvia.
Latvia was declared as a country in 1918.