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No one can argue that wax models are fun. Who wouldn’t like a selfie with the life-like Queen Beyoncé or ex-President Barack Obama? But there’s one wax museum that beats its own purpose—the waxworks are such a far cry from the truth, you may need a second (and a third) guess.

Louis Tussaud's House of Wax in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk has achieved cult status with tourists flocking from all over the world to see the infamous monstrosities. From Victoria Beckham looking like a full-blown Karen waiting to see a manager, to Prince Charles ready to hit a drag lip-sync battle, the misshapen models give a whole new perspective on what the waxwork could be. It could be anything. So let's have a look at some of the worst works down below.

The owners, Jane and Peter Hayes, closed the attraction in October 2012 after running it for half a century. The pieces were sold to a secret Czech collector who surely has unique taste. Jane, 83, told Mirror that “all the models and machines and frames were sold in one go.” But the woman doesn’t know who the chap was.

Peter, who ran the museum for 57 years, admitted in 2008 that the models became so old they were no longer lifelike. According to Dailymail, each figure cost around $1,245 to make. The auction estimated that the whole collection was worth up to $14,943, but it’s not clear for how much it was sold to the buyer.

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David And Victoria Beckham

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Jill
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

She looks more like she has been recycled from Absolutely Fablulous. Basically Edina with her hair cut short.

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Named after the great-grandson of Madame Tussaud, the museum was located on Regent Road. According to the BBC, it employed three full-time staff members in addition to the Hayeses. People on Trip Advisor expressed their disappointment with the museum’s closure. “It will be sorely missed,” said one user. The other one called it a “sad loss” and said that “Yarmouth will never be the same...”

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Sean Connery

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Max L.
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I can see where some important political figure hired his makeupartist from..

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KKpp
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Too much carrot juice martinis and a slight allergic shock

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Aprl Fair
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It looks like they weren't sure which Bond he was, so they just combined all of them into one face.

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Tim Damron
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The villian tells Bond his Martini is laced to make his skin turn orange, face swell & wig (he wore in every 007 movie) thicken to 4 times normal thickness. Do you expect me to talk? No, I expect you to turn into a walking orange.

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James England
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It looks as if 2 different people were working on it at the same time. One person was thinking George Hamilton, the other person was thinking Bert Parks.

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Teresa Groth
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This has to be a joke, these wax figures are supposed to be so good that you’re remark would be ( I can’t tell that this is not him or her ) you should wonder where did the the wax artist get his or her training from because their work makes you stand back in Awe!

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Lyran 28
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Looks like a molester spying his next candidate at 3rd & Fairfax in the 1940s. "Meet me at 3rd and Fairfax!".

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Josey Griffin
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Looks like Gerry gee. I wooden puppet we had yrs ago in australia

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Molly A. Block
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Looks like the guy from Fantasy Island. I can't remember his name. Mr. Roarks?

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Adolf Hitler

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Mr Red
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Looking at the color of his face and neck it seems like he adviced the president of the USA on make-up.

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Elvis Presley

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Tony Blair

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

With most of these you can see a very tiny similarity at least in some features/hairstyle but this one is insanely bad

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Michael Owen

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