Was the Cowardly Lion Really in Fact Socrates?

While researching what Socrates looked like for a project I'll be involved in, I came to the obvious (to me) conclusion that the Cowardly Lion from the Wizard of Oz movie was actually modeled after the marble bust of Socrates that is on display in the Louvre. I'm putting a side-by-side comparison of the two to prove my point.

Now through the magic of Photoshop, the secret is finally revealed...