Missing statues?

I'm always very observant with movies and there's something that's been bothering me about this film in particular for years. I absolutely adore this picture. I think it's one of the best movies ever made and I know that goofs were more common in those days, but I've always noticed that during the fire scene in the original museum, there are a number of statues seen burning up close that can't be seen in the wide shots of the entire room. Several in particular are of a woman in a white dress with flowers in her hair, a man with glasses, a man in a bow-tie and a big smile, but the one that confuses me the most is one of a man (almost looks like Julius Ceasar) holding a torch which burns close to one of the gas lamps and is ultimately what causes the entire building to explode at the end of the scene. We do see Matthew fiddle with 2 gas lamps, one in the studio, and the other on the stairs, but we never do see him go up to the one next to this statue. Any thoughts on these "missing figures"?