Living statues are mimes who stand perfectly still for hours on end, pretending to be statues. They are sometimes painted with a metallic sheen(光沢)or another color so that they appear to have been cast(鋳造する、作る)from metal or carved from stone. Often, they are so still that bystanders believe they are actual statues and - as has been shown on many a hidden-camera television show - create quite a commotion(動揺、騒動)among startled onlookers if they disrupt the illusion by moving.