Jeremy Lin pranks fans by pretending to be a wax statue

But he can't fool his mom.



Last month, Madame Tussauds San Francisco unveiled a lifelike, life-sized wax statue of hometown sports celebrity Jeremy Lin. Kind of weird, but I guess that's how you know you've really made it.

Jeremy recently had a little fun with fans by sitting really still, pretending a wax statue (so lifelike!) and surprising visitors to the museum. Their reactions are pretty funny.

Check it out:

Jeremy Lin gets a wax statue at Madame Tussauds

Watch Jeremy see his statue for the first time.



I've never really understood the appeal of celebrity wax statue museums. They sort of creep me out. But I guess that's how you know you've really made it -- when someone wants to make an awkward life-sized facsimile of you out of wax. This includes Jeremy Lin, who just got the wax treatment.

San Francisco's Madame Tussauds to unveil Jeremy Lin figure

On Thursday, your favorite Asian American point guard became the latest local celebrity to get a statue -- complete with purple and gold Los Angeles Lakers uniform -- at Madame Tussauds at Fisherman's Wharf in San Francisco. Jeremy grew up just down the freeway, in Palo Alto.

Here's video of Jeremy, with his family, seeing the statue (and touching it) for the first time: