Fake "living statue" prank by Mark Jenkins

Everyone's seen those "living statue" street performers who pretend to be sculptures and then try to surprise you by moving. A few weeks ago in Barcelona, prankster artist Mark Jenkins installed a real sculpture of a strange donkey and disguised it as a "living statue." What fun! The Golden Ass (YouTube)

Previously on BB:
• Mark Jenkins: cafeteria pranks
• Mark Jenkins: Traffic-Go-Round
• Mark Jenkins: Meter Pops
• Mark Jenkins casts a human head in packing tape
• Mark Jenkins: Tape Babies
• Mark Jenkins: Fake People

• [Anonymous]

  Haha! this looks hilarious, I have seen someone do a similar thing.
  :( I tried to view the original video by clicking the link, but Youtube said “This video is no longer available”. Anyone know where I could view it?

• [Hypernation]

  Yes, well spotted – The Chaser got there first! What legends they are.

• [things]

  brilliant. The guy who figures it out and cracks up at the end made me happy.

• [Anonymous]

  What a clever idea!!! I wonder how much money ended up in that bucket.

• [Steeevyo]

  Nice idea. But Christian Jankowski the german artist deserves credit for creating the original idea.
  http://www.saatchi-gallery.co.uk/blogon/2007/06/christian_jankowski_in_convers.php

• [Justin Ried]

  I love how even the bravest souls could only muster a quick tap, just in case the statue *might* be real!

• [Pyros]

  Funniest thing ever. I hope this post doesn’t someday go down the memory hole.

• [Anonymous]

  Reminds me of a prank that Australia’s “The Chaser” did: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3QoAWtTAxEE

• [Stefan Jones]

  That’s wonderful.

  “The Golden Ass” is a classical (Roman) novel involving magic, shapeshifting, and, uh, a raunchy animal act.