I have always heard this was a statue of the Anti-Christ and, indeed, what a wild miracle that would be if the statue talked, and indeed, when we are talking about the supernatural anything is possible.
 
However, is there anything about the "Image of the Beast" that demands it be a statue?
 
What about it being a TV set?

I wrote a new article to answer you here:
 
http://www.escapeallthesethings.com/image-beast.htm
 
Tim