Having a statue or wax figure erected is usually an honour, but these poorly-done wax figures seem to be a mockery rather than a salutation.

A reader who came across some photos online wrote in to citizen journalism website Stomp saying: "I'd rather not be famous than to have an awful-looking wax figure in 'honour' of me.

"How can you pay tribute to someone if the wax figure is a horrible representation of that person?

"Then again, I did have a good laugh after seeing these photos.

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