I’ve never been to a wax museum, myself, but photographs from them often wig me out with how eerily much the figures look like their inspirations.
You would never mistake these 15 wax figures for the real thing, though, and the fact that someone tried to convince the public they were legit just cracks me up.
#15. This is supposedly Ellen Degeneres.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BROL66CBHVf/
#14. What’s with that face, Tom Hanks?
https://www.instagram.com/p/dIYsbyM1Rv/
#13. Not an Oscar-worthy Gaga.
https://www.instagram.com/p/Batbf6pnE1x/
#12. This is really something.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BH06qxTh4AU/
#11. Ariana Not-Grande.
https://www.instagram.com/p/Bx65LMLgKgz/
#10. Jay Leno…I think.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BRYR6FLhtux/
#9. Those eyes on Matt Kopora.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BSAyeCWltoe/
#8. Tom Hanks and 007. In case you couldn’t tell.
https://www.instagram.com/p/3WjBXYM9m8/
#7. Legit terrified.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BH25CM5BK7x/
#6. I don’t think her head was that big.
https://www.instagram.com/p/ByDGfdRgXfw/
#5. Nightmare Oprah.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BROMGQHB9Pv/
#4. Nicole Kidman-ish.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BgkmH22lz2M/
#3. Harry and Taylor.
https://www.instagram.com/p/YiBGeRKn8a/
#2. Supposed to be Miley Cyrus.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BH25jsvhMxV/
#1. The King of the Terrible Likenesses.
https://www.instagram.com/p/ByC9Djyo7w0/
Maybe I’ll have to visit the next time I need a good laugh.
