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Article: Obama marks Paris milestone: statue in wax museum
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- June 29, 2009
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Complete with new gray hairs and two bodyguards, a wax version of President Barack Obama took a trip Monday to the Eiffel Tower.
After visiting France's most famous monument, the statue traveled to Paris' Musee Grevin wax museum, where it will stand alongside the likenesses of Nicolas Sarkozy, Angela Merkel and Vladimir Putin.
Sculptor Eric Saint Chaffray had never seen Obama in person. "The main difficulty is making it without meeting him, from press photos," he said as the statue was unveiled Monday. The hot summer sun at the Eiffel Tower threatened to melt the fake president's face, prompting helpers to shade him with an umbrella.
Saint Chaffray has been ...