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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

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

This one looks more like the Queen than the one that's supposed to.

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

Have SEEN some of the Elvis Impersonators?? He definitely would qualify...not Win, but qualify.

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

LOL It looks like they took a statue of Jesus and dressed it up as Elvis.

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

The one who sits at the diner in the mall with a keyboard

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

Looks more like Englbert Humperdinck after hanging out with George Hamilton.

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

This is definitely my late uncle Jan. Just make his hair oily and it's him.

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

That would top any bid by a contemporary artist with the title Elvis with botox

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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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