Kolkata man set up realistic silicone statue of late wife

A 65-year-old man in Kolkata's Kaikhali constructed a lifelike silicone statue of his deceased wife costing Rs 25 lakh in their residence. The replica was set up by retired government worker Tapas Sandilya in memory of his late wife Indrani, who died during the second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic.The 30-kg statue is perched on a sofa in Indrani's favourite room of their VIP Road house. It dons the gold jewellery that she liked most when she was alive and wears a silk sari from Assam, which she wore at her son's wedding reception.This lifelike statue was created by Subimal Das over the course of more than six months, and it was modelled after the lifelike statue of AC Bhaktivedanta Swami, the founder of the Isckon temple, that the couple saw at Mayapur.