Photos: Thailand's Ban Hun Lek metal museum brings fictional characters to life

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Photos: Thailand's Ban Hun Lek metal museum brings fictional characters to life

A metal museum in Thailand creates beautiful sculptures out of various bits of scrap metal

Published: July 19, 2020 13:54 AFP and compiled by Balaram Menon, Senior Web Editor

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Copy of 319684-01-02-1595152020228 — "Ban Hun Lek" or "The House of Steel Robots" is a museum where a collective of artists display their scrap metal creations depicting popular comics and sci-fi film characters. Above: A child looking at a figure of King Kong in front of life-sized sculptures of characters from the "Transformers" film franchise, at the Ban Hun Lek museum in Ang Thong, some 100km north of Bangkok. Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of 319677-01-02-1595152068319 — Life-sized sculptures of characters from the "Transformers" film franchise made of scrap metal parts at the Ban Hun Lek museum in Ang Thong. Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of 319680-01-02-1595152079801 — Robocop and other figures made of scrap metal parts at the Ban Hun Lek museum in Ang Thong. Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of 319679-01-02-1595152075347 — Tourists taking photos of life-sized sculptures of characters from the "Transformers" film franchise. Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of 319683-01-02-1595152093005 — Tourists walking in front of giant sculptures of animals made of used car tyres. Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of 319688-01-02-1595152033271 — Tourists walking in front of a life-sized sculpture of a character from the "Transformers" film franchise. Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of 319687-01-02-1595152028915 — Tourists taking photos of life-sized sculptures of characters from the "Transformers" film franchise. Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of 319682-01-02-1595152088228 — A tourist posing for a photo in front of a life-size sculpture of a character from the "Alien" film series (R) and other sculptures, all made of scrap metal parts. Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of 319678-01-02-1595152072384 — Tourists holding umbrellas to shield themselves from the sun as they climb to a view point at the Ban Hun Lek museum in Ang Thong. Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of 319675-01-02-1595152060549 — Children playing in front of a life-sized sculpture of a character from the "Transformers" film franchise. Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of 319674-01-02-1595152055953 — Tourists looking at a life-sized Spiderman sculpture made of scrap metal parts. Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of 319694-01-02-1595152047549 — Life-sized sculptures of characters from the "Transformers" film franchise. Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of 319689-01-02-1595152037495 — Tourists looking at a life-sized sculpture of a character from the "Alien" film series. Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of 319690-01-02-1595152040552 — Life-sized sculptures of characters from the "Transformers" film franchise. Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of 319681-01-02-1595152084315 — Tourists taking pictures in front of life-sized sculptures of sci-fi film characters at the Ban Hun Lek museum in Ang Thong. Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of 319676-01-02-1595152064937 — Life-sized sculptures of characters from the "Predator" film series. Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of 319686-01-02-1595152024457 — A tourist posing for photos in front of life-sized sculptures of characters from the "Transformers" film franchise. Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of 319692-01-02-1595152043837 — Tourists taking photos of life-sized sculptures of characters from the "Transformers" film franchise. Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of 319696-01-02-1595152051880 — Children playing in a car made of scrap metal parts at the Ban Hun Lek museum in Ang Thong. Image Credit: AFP

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