Sylvester Stallone 's 'cryogenically frozen body' has been found naked and alone in an antique shop, and could be yours for just £3,500. The rubber body, which is of course a prop, was used in the hit 1993 film Demolition Man - and was used to portray Stallone's character, John Spartan, when he was frozen for 70 years.
Now the incredibly creepy prop, which shows a completely naked Stallone in a contorted position with a painful look on his face, has wound up in an antique shop in New South Wales, Australia, as the Daily Star reports. Instagrammer Bea Bellingham discovered the replica movie star for sale in the Katoomba Vintage Emporium, and shared the find with her fans online.
What do you think about the prop? Let us know in the comments...
In the 1993 blockbuster, Stallone played a 20th Century super cop preserved in ice until 2032, when he's unfrozen to help capture Wesley Snipes's master criminal Simon Phoenix.
The two freshly-thawed adversaries duke it out in the politically-correct utopia of San Angeles, causing the epic amounts of property damage that earned Stallone's character – LAPD Sergeant John Spartan – the nickname "Demolition Man".
Rather than freeze the real Hollywood superstar, director Marco Brambila commissioned a life-sized replica of Stallone which is used in the movie's critical cryo-freeze sequences.
And now, almost 30 years after the film was made, the freeze-dried Stallone has resurfaced in an unlikely spot.
Movie fanatic Adam Howes, who posted Bea's photos of the naked dummy to Twitter, said that he's fairly sure the prop is the same one that was featured in the Sydney branch of Planet Hollywood
He said: "The thing is, it wasn't movie-used. The story goes that Stallone was so impressed with the version that was made for the film, he wanted them in the restaurants."
While there was also a rubber Wesley Snipes created for the film, its location is currently unknown.
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"Never sighted a Snipes one," says Adam. "I doubt Sly would have wanted his naked nemesis showing him up above the diners' heads!"
Demolition Man was a huge success for Stallone, and the crazy-colour hairstyle that Snipes wears as Phoenix inspired Dennis Rodman's look for years afterwards.
While there have been numerous rumours of a potential sequel over the years it seems unlikely now that we will see a return to San Angeles.
Your best bet to recreate the epic mayhem of Demolition Man is to buy yourself a replica John Spartan, which last time we checked is still for sale in Katoomba.
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