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    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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    "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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    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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    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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    Tourists taking photos of life-sized sculptures of characters from the "Transformers" film franchise. Image Credit: AFP
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    Tourists walking in front of giant sculptures of animals made of used car tyres. Image Credit: AFP
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    Tourists walking in front of a life-sized sculpture of a character from the "Transformers" film franchise. Image Credit: AFP
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    Tourists taking photos of life-sized sculptures of characters from the "Transformers" film franchise. Image Credit: AFP
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    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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    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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    Children playing in front of a life-sized sculpture of a character from the "Transformers" film franchise. Image Credit: AFP
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    Tourists looking at a life-sized Spiderman sculpture made of scrap metal parts. Image Credit: AFP
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    Life-sized sculptures of characters from the "Transformers" film franchise. Image Credit: AFP
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    Tourists looking at a life-sized sculpture of a character from the "Alien" film series. Image Credit: AFP
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    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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    Life-sized sculptures of characters from the "Predator" film series. Image Credit: AFP
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    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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    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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