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TO GO WITH AFP STORY BY MAUREEN COFFLARD
A picture shows a Paddington Bear statue named “Golden Paws”, customised by footballer David Beckham, is pictured during a photo call ahead of the release of “The Paddington Trail” film in London on November 3, 2014. The movie “Paddington” has sparked a resurgence of interest in the bear from darkest Peru, with exhibitions, statues and a new book of his adventures coming out before the New Year. Fifty statues of the bear which will be dotted out around London — each with a different celebrity-designed paint job. AFP PHOTO / JUSTIN TALLIS