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November 24, 2005

"Is that the realistic one or the grotesque one?"

Did you like that caricature you got at the Exhibition last summer? Here's a chance to get yourself immortalized:

A cathedral is offering people the opportunity to have their face immortalised in stone on its spires.

St Paul's Cathedral in Melbourne has come up with a novel fundraising plan for people to have their likeness carved on one of about 170 stone figures - for an estimated $50,000 each.

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Buyers have three options: a realistic sculpture, a caricature, or a grotesque - a bizarre gargoyle-like sculpture.

Hat tip to Drew Curtis' FARK.com.

Posted by Nicholas at November 24, 2005 04:51 PM
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