Forensic experts have constructed a life-size model of the face
of national poet Robert Burns "in his full living glory" for a
TV documentary. Casts of the bard's skull and portraits were
used to recreate the 3D depiction of his head. The face was
unveiled in a documentary on STV, In Search of Robert Burns. It
was reconstructed using state-of-the art forensic technology by
a team at the University of Dundee, led by Professor Caroline
Wilkinson, who said the project was "quite a challenge" and an
"enormous responsibility". She said: "To be able to reveal the
3D head of Burns to Scotland and the world is an immense
privilege for us, and all the team have watched this head
develop and take on character over the last year. "Finally we
can see this charismatic poet as others would have seen him in
life, and it has not been disappointing." She said the team
assessed as much material as possible for the reconstruction,
including skeletal and anatomical structure, facial proportions
from the Reid miniature and the Mi