Student finds brief fame as Terracotta Warrior
(Reuters)
Updated: 2006-09-18 14:51
BEIJING - 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.
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China's army of terracotta soldiers at the
museum located about 40 kilometers (25 miles) from the ancient capital of
Xi'an in northern China, in 2000. A German art student hoodwinked police
in northern China's famed terracotta warrior museum by disguising himself
as a clay soldier among a forest of ancient statues, state media said.
[AFP]
| Pablo Wendel snuck into a
pit housing around 2,000 ancient lifesize pottery warriors and horses on
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.
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