Check Out the Benedict Cumberbatch Statue That's Good Enough to Eat
For those who want another reason to love Benedict Cumberbatch...
To celebrate the launch of UKTV's new Drama channel, the network unveiled a life-sized statue of the actor made entirely out of chocolate. No, this is no April Fools' Day joke. Cumberbatch earned the honor of being transformed into chocolatey deliciousness following a national poll which crowned him Britain's "dishiest" TV drama star. The Sherlock actor won over David Tennant, Idris Elba, Damian Lewis, and Sean Bean.
An eight-person team of "chocolate gurus" crafted the chocolate masterpiece, which is 6-feet-tall, weights 88 pounds, and was created using over 500 melted bars of Belgian chocolate. Here's a closer look: