A German art student briefly took up a place among China’s famed Terracotta Warriors over the weekend — only to be discovered, disrobed and sent home.
Pablo Wendel sneaked into a pit housing around 2,000 ancient lifesize pottery warriors and horses Saturday afternoon, donned the military costume he had made himself, and took up a position on a small pedestal he had brought along.
He stood there, motionless and unblinking, for a couple of minutes until police found him, the Xinhua news agency said.
The 26-year-old had his costume confiscated and was sent from Xian, the World Heritage site where the warriors are located, back to the eastern city of Hangzhou, where he studies performance art.”
I’d give him an A+ for effort and ingenuity.
but he passed for a teracotta soldier for a brief moment, thusly he has tasted immortality – for a brief slice of time…
the terra cotta warriors on display where he was are all well crafted fakes, the real ones are not available for display to the public.
Go for it, bubba. You tell them furriners they can’t fool us!
Bubba, based on your statement, I am assuming that you have been to Xian China and saw THEM. Now which THEM did you see, real or fake??BTW, where did they store the 8060 real ones if the fakes were on display??
And I thought that the chinese police would have treated him with the same kindness a canadian furrier would to a baby seal.
And I thought that the chinese police would have treated him with the same kindness a canadian furrier would to a baby seal.
Comment by Angel H. Wong — 9/18/2006 @ 4:01 pm
Sorry Angel, but your bigotry doesn’t make sense. I know from previous posts how you like to treat children rough. I remember some posts blaming the victim. But this post makes absolutely no sense.
Fantastic.
Regarding Bubba’s comment…
I don’t know about the terracotta warriors – but I do know it is common practice for Chinese cultural institutions to display copies in place of the genuine item.