A popular theme park had to make drastic changes to a new rollercoaster ride after crash test dummies lost LIMBS during a test run.
Thorpe Park's new big dipper, The Swarm, was "alarmingly' damaged during a recent run-through.
A number of the crash test dummies were scratched and lost legs.
It forced a costly operation to make changes to comply fully with health and safety requirements.
An emergency response team was called in to work on the ride, re-modelling a life-sized church and making other changes ahead of the park opening in March.
Mike Vallis, divisional director at Thorpe Park, said: "The ride-testing phase is absolutely crucial in ensuring extreme fun doesn't compromise safety, and we work with the very best teams in the world to ensure we reach the gold standard in safety, so if that means re-modelling a church it's taken us a year to build, then so be it.
"To lift the lid on what goes on behind the scenes of building a monster rollercoaster such as The Swarm is quite unprecedented, but we want people to understand the level of planning, precision and care that goes into creating their ultimate thrill-seeking experience."
Thorpe Park, located in Chertsey, Surrey, is the second most visited theme park in the UK after Alton Towers. In 2009, it had 1.87 million visitors.
It is well known for its rollercoasters, with Nemesis Inferno, Stealth and Colussus among the major attractions.
