An Indian man has melted the hearts of millions in his home country after unveiling a life-size and almost lifelike sculpture of his late wife during a house-warming party.
A businessman from Karnataka, India, Srinivas Gupta lost his wife in a tragic car accident three years ago. He wanted his life partner to be physically present at a recent house-warming event, he had a life-size silicone statue of her made by a local artist.
Madhavi, Gupta’s late wife, had always wanted to own her own bungalow. After her death, the businessman decided to honor her memory by building one in her honor. A year ago, he commissioned a local sculptor to make an ultra-realistic statue of Madhavi, so she could be with him and their two daughters when the new home was finally ready.
“It is a great feeling to have my wife again at my home, as this was her dream home,” said Srinivas Gupta.
“An artist, Shreedhar Murthy, from Bengaluru took a year to prepare my wife’s statue. Silicon was used for the statue for durability. Our artist suggested me to have silicon statue instead of the wax statue as we live in Koppal which is a hot place, and an AC (air-conditioning) cant be open all the time to maintain the wax. So as per the suggestion, we got the silicon statue prepared.” he added.
Source: Oddity Central