Chinese exhibition is accused of using the corpses of executed Chinese political prisoners in its shocking ‘real bodies’ display

Dozens of bodies used in a gruesome exhibit may have come from Chinese political prisoners who were tortured and murdered.

Real Bodies: The Exhibition shows 20 cadavers and 200 body parts preserved though plastination and is renowned across the world.

The exhibition shows human bodies striped of skin with their muscles, tendons, organs, and bones exposed to give an insight into how they function.

However, doctors hold “grave concerns that the bodies were not freely and willingly donated” before they were harvested in China.

Doctors Against Forced Organ Harvesting said they were most likely members of banned religious sect Falun Gong, which is relentlessly persecuted.

“The origins of these bodies have been questioned and believed to come from China — either death row prisoners, or as suspected by independent investigators, tortured prisoners of conscience,” it told News Corp.  

Dalian Hoffen Bio-technique only accepts specimens that have been legally donated, are free of infectious disease and certified to have died of natural causes.'

Imagine Exhibitions chief executive Tom Zaller said claims the bodies were from executed prisoners were 'unfounded' and 'offensive'. 

“They're inspected by health departments in countless countries. There's no foul play,” he said.

However, he admitted there was “no documentation” to prove their identities or that they agreed to donate their bodies after death.