Somebody's lied to you and you're repeating the lie:
[20:4](1)Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image,(2a) or any likeness {of any thing} that {is} in heaven above,(2b) or that {is} in the earth beneath,(2c) or that {is} in the water under the earth. [20:5](3) Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them,(4) nor serve them: for I the Lord thy God {am} a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth {generation} of them that hate me; [20:6] And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments.
Four distinct commands encompassed here. One of which is set in three parts so there would be no excuses for misunderstanding.
Yeah and five minutes later God is telling them images of angels to put on the Ark of the Covenant and in the Tabernacle. See Exodus 25:18-22; 26:1,31.
Lets not forget the brass serpent that God told Moses to make in Numbers 21:8-9.
The final touch is images of cheribum in Solomon's Temple. See 1 Kings 6:23-29, 35; 7:29. Other images that Solomon had made were oxen and lions. See 1 Kings 7:25, 29.
But you're right, God forbade ALL images. (/sarcasm off!!!)
Pray for John Paul II