This statue, perched in China's Hunan Province, depicts Chairman Mao Zedong at the age of 32. The work is said to have cost as much as $35 million to build.

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statues and other monuments have been built – BBC Bitesize explores four of them. The Colosseum in Rome, Italy was competed in AD80 and is one of the most famous buildings in the world.

To see the breadth of Michelangelo’s sculptures, you’d have to travel across Italy and make additional stops in cities around the world, including Bruges, London, New York and Paris.

and they've become some of the most famous sculptures in the world. This programme is about one of them. He's called Hoa Hakananai'a - the name has been roughly translated as 'hidden friend'.

To see the breadth of Michelangelo’s sculptures, you’d have to travel across Italy and make additional stops in cities around the world, including Bruges, London, New York and Paris.