William Shakespeare
Shakespeare scholars still cannot agree on the real appearance of the famous English playwright: all the portraits and busts of the classic were made after his death. Many confuse the death mask found in Germany in 1849 with a genuine Shakespeare representation. German forensic scientists recently confirmed that it belongs to Shakespeare, as it coincides with other images, in particular with the bust installed in the playwright’s grave by his relatives.
It was this death mask that became the basis for reconstructing British specialists led by Stuart Clark: in 2010, they recreated a 3D model of Shakespeare’s face specifically for the film Death Masks. However, Shakespeare scholars refused to recognize the results of reconstruction as reliable.