Actor Hrithik Roshan’s wax statue at Madame Tussaud’s has sneaked its way past its Hollywood counterparts to emerge among the top 10 ‘most kissed statues’ in the museum. Though the official press statement of the museum is yet to come, a source confirmed that he has indeed made it to the top 10.

Incidentally, last year actor Shah Rukh Khan had made it to the list of top 10. “Madame Tussauds releases a list every year about the top 10 most kissed statues in their museum. Last year, SRK’s statue was among the top 10. This year though the official press release has yet to come. Their survey shows that Hrithik is among the top 10 most kissed statues,” says a source.

Incidentally, even though the museum officials only keep a total count, sources say that at least 20 per cent of the kissers are guys and the rest are women, mostly under the age of thirty. “The girls and kids just love him and his popularity has been growing globally thanks to his reality show and also the fact that kids love him as Krrish and girls for his sex appeal. I think it is for the first time that a statue in its first year has been among the top 10 most kissed wax works,” the source adds.

Hrithik has been informed about this ‘feat’ by his staff, but sources close to the star said that he won’t talk about it unless there’s an official press release from the actor. “We have informed Hrithik and he is happy, but he won’t react unless Madame Tussauds officially informs him about it (they have already informed him about the feat through unofficial channels),” a staff member says.