The Oscar statuettes you saw on the Academy Awards were made thousands of miles from Hollywood, in New York's Hudson valley.

Elaborating on the process of making these plaster of paris statues, Dharmaratne says making large numbers is based on a single block of rubber. The plaster of paris mixture is poured in to a rubber ...

Under the supervision of Ministry experts, a silicone foot mold of the statue was taken at the museum in May 2023. It was determined it matched the bronze statue pedestals in the Boubon Ancient City.