Villagers collect £300,000 to build massive statue of Chairman Mao
- 8 years ago
A bizarre video has emerged of a massive golden statue of Chairman Mao appearing in a village in central China, built with £300,000 of funds raised by villagers.
The footage, filmed by a local resident in Kaifeng, Henan Province on Tuesday, shows workers busy working on the scaffolding erected around the near-finished structure.
According to news reports, the statue was designed to be 36.6 metres high, at the cost of almost three million yuan (£300,000) which was collected by several local business owners and some farmers.
Building work started on March 28 2015 and moved into the last stages of construction in December.
The footage, filmed by a local resident in Kaifeng, Henan Province on Tuesday, shows workers busy working on the scaffolding erected around the near-finished structure.
According to news reports, the statue was designed to be 36.6 metres high, at the cost of almost three million yuan (£300,000) which was collected by several local business owners and some farmers.
Building work started on March 28 2015 and moved into the last stages of construction in December.