Nakhon Ratchasima, Elephant work, hand-crafted million-dollar elephants. More than 30 years of experience, sculpting elephant statues of various sizes. Each month there is no shortage of customers coming to make orders, including temples, resorts, hotels, making hundreds of thousands to millions of baht in income per year. There are many types of elephant sculptures of this size. It belongs to the sculptor of a working elephant, Mr. Kittipong Chidkhonburi, 61 years old, or Chang Loi, who opened a booth to sculpt his work on the edge of Ratchasima-Chokchai Rd., Tha Ang Subdistrict, Chokchai District, Nakhon Ratchasima Province. The million-dollar elephant sculptor has more than 30 years of experience. There are large, medium, and small elephant sculptures lined up in front of the shop. It is a Thai elephant that includes both wild and domesticated elephants in many different sizes, shapes, skin colors, facial features, or various auspicious elephant statues that are amazingly sculpted. Made entirely from ce ment. Starting from laying the structure out of steel. Weave it into the shape of an elephant. Before taking the cement and molding it according to the outline, then decorating with paint and drawing surface patterns. until it looks like a real elephant Accepting molding according to customer needs, such as height 1.50 meters, price 20,000 baht each, size 2 meters high, 40,000-50,000 baht each, largest size 3.50 meters high, 100,000 baht each, or large elephants, mother and child, 150,000 baht per set, or if desired size Bigger than this, there will be a team of technicians going out to sculpt the work to the location. Because a larger size would be an obstacle and difficult to transport. Phrakru Metta Sankhun The abbot of Wat Nong Sam, Huai Thalaeng District, Nakhon Ratchasima Province, came to order a large Erawan elephant statue, priced at 150,000 baht, to decorate the temple. Allowing Buddhists to pay homage by saying that he dreamed of seeing an elephant with 8 tusks and believed that elephants are valu able animals. It will bring prosperity to the temple and community. Chang Loi said that most of his customers are owners of resorts, hotels, and temples who would like to have real-life elephant statues to decorate their premises. For good fortune It takes approximately 1 month to create the work and then deliver it to the customer. Each month there is a constant stream of customers ordering elephant sculptures. Generate income of millions of baht per year It's a career that brings in millions of dollars. and would like to continue for generations to come If anyone is interested, please come to the shop for professional training. Source: Thai News Agency