German art student joins Terracotta Army

This story was on BBC News just over a week ago.

Pablo Wendel, an art student from Germany, disguised himself as one of the clay sculptures surrounding the tomb of the legendary Chinese Emperor Qin Shi Huang.

Police who were protecting the tomb in northern China searched for an extended period of time while Wendel stood silently among several thousand sculptures. When police found the 26-year-old performance artist they carried him away "as if he were a log".

Pablo Wendel was born in Germany and studied Sculpture at the State Academy of Fine Arts Stuttgart. He is now studying in the eastern Chinese city of Hangzhou.

Further info and photos:

• New recruit joins Terracotta Army - BBC News article
• brower edition / Pablo Wendel - his own website
• Terracotta Army - Wikipedia

That took some time to appear here...apparently there wasn't that much interest when everyone read about it from their major news sources...

I know I didn't feel the need to start a thread on it...

Cool story EB! Thanks for posting it (I never saw it in my own major news source )

I think Editor Bob's trying to get 3 months free subscription.