dr. jeffrey schwartz who is a physical anthropologist, he began the project. from there, it looked like -- he gathered and other experts and all began with these three pieces of art. these were all done by a famous master sculptor of the day -- of washington's day. and he actually came to mt. vernon to observe washington. while he was there, he created the life mask that you see on the right side. and he also created the bust that you see on the left side and gave the bust to washington as a parting gift when he left. when he wrent back to his studio in paris, he created this beautiful marble statue that is still at the virginia state capitol in richmond. so there's no doubt that these three pieces of art showed what george washington looked like at the age of 53. so these were the gold standards for this whole project. from there, the prison laboratory at arizona state university and they devised a way to scan all of these priceless artifacts in a way that would not damage them. so, as you see, this is actually the washington bust being -- done with the laser