[5] The Musée Grévin now contains some 450 characters arranged in scenes from the history of France and modern life, including a panorama of French history from Charlemagne to Napoleon III and bloody scenes of the French Revolution, with the original wax figures of the late 19th and early 20th centuries witnessing their technical evolution.

By contrast, the more contemporaneous movie stars, athletes, and international figures such as Albert Einstein, Mahatma Gandhi, Shah Rukh Khan, Pablo Picasso, Michael Jackson, Josephine Baker and Pope John Paul II use the modern techniques of modeling.

[6] Bollywood celebrities whose wax has been added include Shah Rukh Khan,[7] Aishwarya Rai[8] and Ranveer Singh.

[10] Even Dwayne Johnson himself called on the museum to "update my wax figure with some important details, starting with my skin colour.".

[11] The museum later had its skin tone darkened after the statue drew a wave of attention on social media for its too-light look.