German art student joins Terracotta Army

Pablo Wendel, an art student from Stuttgart, realized a long-held dream of his to join the world-famous Chinese Terracotta Army in character on September 16th, 2006. This is a German evening newscast clip featuring amateur video footage that shows Chinese police looking for Pablo, finding him and eventually carrying him off (with Pablo remaining in character throughout.)

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• terracotta
• army
• china
• xian
• art
• student
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[minghan05]

I am an overseas Chinese from Singapore. I really do not take it as an insult to Chinese culture. Now I did not understand what he said in German, but I did find his act amusing, some may even call him an imbecile. That he could merge with the rest of terracotta warriors in his improvised warrior suit for a while before being discovered, I give him credit for that. If the national treasures have not been damaged, I think we can just take it as a stupid joke. Qtn: How did he get into the area?

[ulfkastner]

I personally think that the student is far from being an imbecile. He worked on his outfit (which he had to smuggle into the museum in a relatively small, inconspicuous bag) and planned this action for months. His outfit and his performance (the posture, the unwavering gaze) are both works of art and he was motivated by his "honest love of Chinese cultural heritage" according to the police report. That Chinese police appear to be more open-minded than some YouTubers is truly remarkable.

[ulfkastner]

As for how he got in - I recall it being described as follows: he smuggled his elaborate costume and pedestal into the museum in something like a duffel bag, changed into the costume in a museum bathroom and waited for a good unobserved window of opportunity to sneak out and take up his position in an existing gap amongst the ranks of terracotta warriors.

[chellebelle88]

wow relax.. i'm chinese and i don't feel like "paying him back".. it's funny.. it's not he went around destroying them or insulting people.. i'm glad he's that interested in our culture to go through all that trouble :P

[BishopKingPawn]

Great job, Pablo!

[oebs2]

kunt-student

[theUnt00uchable]

amazing idea!

[ganaz30]

i like. if pablo didnt do it, i might've. i love terracotta too!

[patches53]

@kanxenxunga LMFAO Do me a favour, I've seen and done more in my life than you'll probably ever do. I work in the Arts myself so I have some insight into that world.

This guy is just an attention seeking idiot.

[kanxenxunga]

@patches53 you have no idea what real life is, you serious old git. grow up or die soon hopefully.

[kanxenxunga]

haha, that is so funny! well done! the people who have written negative comments obviously don't understand humour or comedy [getalife all those serious people].

[kirandhanushkiran]

super work.. Pablo..

[PeterSodhi]

This is what Art students exist for in the world. Nice piece of theatre,

[Robn8r123]

Only an art student like Pablo could have such an appreciation of the Warriors. Honestly people,calm down. Considering he took so much care as to not even touch any of the other warriors,he obviously had no bad intentions. If he did, he would've vandalized the warriors when he could. Don't rant just because you don't understand the student's motivations. Do something no one has ever done before: Learn before you judge. Honestly, fucking Youtubers.

[NOtoPROP8]

At least one Terracotta Army worker was Caucasian a DNA analysis found four years ago. Several of the Terracotta warriors have Caucasian features.