User blog comment:JediSpectre117/Regarding the surviving Prothean./@comment-2008379-20120219000051

''The explanation I'm guessing Bioware will give for the appearance is either the statues are merely artistic much like gargoyles, or possibly something other than Protheans lived on Ilos much like how several races live on Illium. I also saw on the Bioware forums how some people think the Protheans claimed Ilos from another species. The statues may just be retconned completely.''