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What’s the strangest thing you’ve lost? What’s the strangest thing you’ve lost?
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Compared to losing your keys, mislaying a granite cast of Lenin’s head that is over 1.7 metres in height may make you feel better about your forgetfulness. But that’s exactly what has happened in Berlin, where organisers of an exhibition about Berlin’s monuments found that the giant head and body had been lost some time after 1991. The curators had hoped to use the bust as one of their exhibits, but were told it had been cut into 129 pieces and buried in a pit. Compared to losing your keys, mislaying a granite cast of Lenin’s head that is over 1.7 metres in height may make you feel better about your forgetfulness. But that’s exactly what has happened in Berlin, where organisers of an exhibition about Berlin’s monuments found that the giant head and body had been lost some time after 1991. The curators had hoped to use the head as one of their exhibits, but were told it had been cut into 129 pieces and buried in a pit.
Despite pleas from the museum organisers to excavate the sculpture, the proposal was rejected, as the Berlin senate argued that they did not know precisely where the Lenin head was buried, and it would be too expensive to dig extensively. If the head is to be recovered, it will have to be done soon, as the pit where the sculpture lies is home to a protected lizard that begins to hibernate in October.Despite pleas from the museum organisers to excavate the sculpture, the proposal was rejected, as the Berlin senate argued that they did not know precisely where the Lenin head was buried, and it would be too expensive to dig extensively. If the head is to be recovered, it will have to be done soon, as the pit where the sculpture lies is home to a protected lizard that begins to hibernate in October.
Have you ever lost anything strange? Did you forget your grandmother’s ashes on a train or leave your diaphragm in a B&B? Perhaps you have found a bizarre thing left behind by somebody else. Tell us about the weirdest things you have lost and found.Have you ever lost anything strange? Did you forget your grandmother’s ashes on a train or leave your diaphragm in a B&B? Perhaps you have found a bizarre thing left behind by somebody else. Tell us about the weirdest things you have lost and found.