5 - year ▁le ase . ▁ ▁Rec ent ▁status ▁Madame ▁T uss aud ' s ▁w ax ▁museum ▁became ▁a ▁major ▁tour ist ▁att raction ▁in ▁London . ▁Until ▁ 2 0 1 0 ▁it ▁incorpor ated ▁the ▁London ▁Planet arium ▁in ▁its ▁west ▁wing . ▁A ▁large ▁animated ▁dark ▁ride , ▁The ▁Spirit ▁of ▁London , ▁opened ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 3 . ▁Today ' s ▁w ax ▁figures ▁at ▁T uss aud s ▁include ▁historical ▁and ▁royal ▁figures , ▁film ▁stars , ▁sports ▁stars , ▁and ▁famous ▁murder ers . ▁It ▁has ▁been ▁known ▁since ▁ 2 0 0 7 ▁as ▁" Mad ame ▁T uss aud s " ▁museum s ▁( no ▁apost rop he ). ▁ ▁In ▁July ▁ 2 0 0 8 , ▁Madame ▁T uss aud s ' ▁Berlin ▁branch ▁became ▁em bro iled ▁in ▁controvers y ▁when ▁a ▁ 4 1 - year - old ▁German ▁man ▁br ushed ▁past ▁two ▁gu ards ▁and ▁dec ap itated ▁a ▁w ax ▁figure ▁dep ict ing ▁Adolf ▁Hitler . ▁This ▁was ▁believed ▁to ▁be ▁an ▁act ▁of ▁protest ▁against ▁showing ▁the ▁r uth less ▁dict ator ▁alongside ▁sports ▁hero es , ▁movie ▁stars , ▁and ▁other ▁historical ▁figures . ▁The ▁statue ▁has ▁since ▁been ▁rep a ired , ▁and ▁the ▁perpet r ator ▁has ▁admitted ▁that ▁he ▁attacked ▁the ▁statue ▁to ▁win ▁a ▁bet . ▁The ▁original ▁model ▁of ▁Hitler ▁was ▁un ve iled ▁in ▁Madame ▁T uss aud s ▁London ▁in ▁April ▁ 1 9