Today at the site in Saqqara where it was found, a plaster copy of the statue stands in place of the original.

The giant is so confused that he haunts Barnum's plaster copy of himself.

About half of the pieces are originals, while the remainder are white plaster copies.

Full-size plaster copies were also studied by art students.

So the Met showed plaster copies at first.

In the 19th century plaster copies of the Discobolos could be found in many large academic collections, now mostly dispersed.

During his 33-year career he produced almost 80,000 plaster copies of his 86 "Rogers Groups."

A plaster copy of it also exists in St John's College, Cambridge.

The plaster copy, executed in 1955, is housed in the parlor at Monticello.

His bust, albeit a plaster copy, sits on a wall bracket in the saloon.