(DAILY STAR UK) – A controversial £110m full-scale replica of the Titanic has become a rust bucket in China.
The imitation boat has been beset by delays after scrapping plans to recreate the tragic iceberg crash in a simulation following backlash from the families of the original vessel's victims. The model ship has now been docked at the landlocked theme park in the Sichuan Province for seven years, the Sun reports.
Investor Su Shaojun was inspired to create the "museum" after the 1997 film, starring Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio, based on the ill-fated cruise liner was a hit in China. The Titanic replica was explicitly modelled off of the first White Star ship which took just over 12 months to build.
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