Viral sculpture service for stress relief was actually Thai students having fun while learning clay sculpting

Viral sculpture service for stress relief was actually Thai students messing around in class

Towards the end of October, a video of an apparent sculpture service for stress relief went viral on social media.

Originating from TikTok user @eagleeyeguy on 26 Oct, the post describes a service in Thailand which allows customers to punch or slap a clay sculpture of “individuals who have caused frustration”.

However, it turns out that the video is just a bunch of students finding a creative way to have fun while disposing of an assignment for their clay sculpting class.

TikToker claims student slapping sculpture was stress relief service

The post by Eagle Eye Guy attracted over 17.5 million views. It was also reshared on X by user @awkwardgoogle, which drew in nearly 39 million views.

In Eagle Eye Guy’s post, a voiceover describes the footage as a “unique form of stress relief” service offered by Thai artists. The post then goes on to say that clients would purchase these custom sculptures, modelled after an ex or other person of frustration, and unleash their stress onto it.

Many netizens instantly expressed interest in having their own custom sculptures made. Comments flooded in, asking where in Thailand they could find this service.

Others began thinking about their own targets of frustration, with many saying they’d pick their boss.

Unfortunately, while enticing, there isn’t such a service at all.

Instead, the clips were taken from TikTok user @mex_story.

Thai students were having fun disposing of assignments

The people in the videos are actually students from Khon Kaen University’s Faculty of Fine And Applied Art. In a comment, the TikTok user even elaborated on why the students were punching and slapping the sculptures.

The student, whose name is Mex, said: “These were sculpted as an assignment for class. After the professor inspects it, we’re supposed to recycle it for the next assignment. However, simply tearing it down was boring, so we decided we’d start punching the sculptures instead.”

Other comments even praised how remarkably lifelike the sculptures were – to which Mex provided a hilarious response.

“It might look like a person, but it certainly doesn’t look like the model,” he said.

On each of the sculptures shown in the video, viewers can see markings made on the sculpture’s torso which showed the grades the students received.

Interestingly, the source of the students’ frustrations wasn’t their ex-lover but seemingly sculptures themselves — the caption stated that they took quite a while to finish.

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Featured image adapted from @mex_story on TikTok.