article_snippet: Over the next two years, German anatomist Dr von Hagens developed the Body Worlds public exhibitions, showing whole bodies, donated by willing donors, plastinated in lifelike poses and dissected to show various structures and systems of human anatomy.
article_snippet: His most complex work so far is said to be the giraffe which appeared in 'Body Worlds 3 & The Story of the Heart'.
article_snippet: But that hasn't stopped museums and venues in cities across the world hosting Body Worlds, which has attracted more than 29 million visitors.
article_snippet: In 1995, von Hagens premiered Body Worlds in Japan and Body Worlds in Japan has been seen by more than 28million people since, despite fierce opposition in some quarters.
highlights_snippet: The latest exhibition from Dr Gunther von Hagens- Body Worlds: