The moai were toppled in the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
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Maybe due to earthquake. Or rival tribes knocking them down in the cover of night. Or even the result of European colonization that began with a 1722 Dutch explorer and got infinitely worse with the start of the slave trade in 1862. But by the end of the 19th century, all of the statues had fallen.