An intense heat wave in the American capital, Washington DC, did not spare a wax statue of former American President Abraham Lincoln.
The statue of Lincoln, the 16th President of the United States, had been placed at Camp Barker, an American Civil War-era refugee camp.
As the heat intensified, the head melted first, then one of his legs dropped off from the torso, and a foot turned into a blob. The chair sank into the ground.
At one point, the head of the statue melted and hung backwards, after which the administration separated the head from the statue and preserved it for later re-installation.
However, the head from the 6ft wax sculpture of the Lincoln Memorial is now under repair, leaving behind a wire sticking out of the 16th president’s neck.
The statue was installed at the same location last September, but the first version of the wax monument included over 100 wicks that were prematurely lit, melting a significant portion of the art installation ahead of its dedication ceremony.
The new version was installed in February with fewer wicks, but the heat melted it as the DC-metro area was under a heat alert over the weekend.
