Bangkok (AFP) — Bemused shoppers snapped selfies and sipped matcha lattes in front of a replica of Mount Rushmore at a Thai mall where, instead of dead U.S. presidents, the faces of four current world leaders have been carved out as a commercial stunt.

The stony likenesses of Vladimir Putin, Xi Jinping, Kim Jong Un and Donald Trump looked down over stalls of camping equipment and a climbing wall as part of a pop-up display in one of the Thai capital’s biggest malls.

Bangkok’s Seacon Square is known for its unconventional exhibits, this year showcasing a “Great Wall of China” and a “Noah’s Ark” with real animals, but this is perhaps its first overtly political display.

“It’s like a powerful statement, all of them together,” James Kumar, a 32-year-old mall-goer from Australia, said on Thu

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