Location: Khatakan Taung, Myanmar | Height: 115.8 metres (380 feet) (129.2 metres including the throne) | Completion Date: 2008 The Laykyun Sekkya statue in Myanmar is the world's third tallest ...

This statue, perched in China's Hunan Province, depicts Chairman Mao Zedong at the age of 32. The work is said to have cost as much as $35 million to build.