The wax model melts and flows out, while some of it vapourises.

The founders usually made a wax model from a draft and from this wax model a negative plaster cast was made, which could be reproduced more often.

The wax models are lost, but drawings done after them go on display.

This meticulous method allowed them to create detailed wax models of individual organ systems ideal for teaching students of anatomy.

Wax figures of the missing stars soon feature as wax models in the museum and the police become suspicious.