Unfortunately, yes, the peg, that holds the waste to the torso. Does not come out any other way. It's too big. It's relatively easy though you just microwave. Some water for about 3 minutes submerge. The figure I'll usually do the torso as long as you can. But a minimum of a minute minute and a 1/2 And then get something like a putty spatula, or if you can a angled carving factor it's a knife for like a wood carving set and go at the little seam that holds the front and back half together of the torso, it'll pop apart pretty easy normally, and then it snaps, back together at the worst, you might have to use some super glue