German Artist Exhibits Real Corpses

DALIAN, China (AP) – Hidden in a maze of factories in the heart of this
northeastern Chinese port city is the house Gunther von Hagens built
– and, for many, a place where nightmares are created.

Inside von Hagens’ sprawling, well-guarded compound, behind a leaning metal fence
pocked with holes, are more than 800 human beings – 200 of his staffers and 645
dead bodies in steel cases from almost a dozen nations.

The anatomist, whose exhibits of preserved human corpses have riled religious
leaders in Europe and attracted the curious and the outraged across the world,
set up shop here three years ago to process bodies for his shows.

from AP