Jakarta's "Silver Men" Wear Toxic Metallic Paint To Make Money

JAKARTA, INDONESIA - MARCH 11: Rendi (12), wearing silver paint beg on the restaurant on March 11, 2021 in Depok, Indonesia. 'Silver Men', called "Manusia Silver" in Indonesian language, are an economically underprivileged group of people who have turned to a special form of begging to make ends meet. Using a mixture of screen-printing powder and cooking oil to form a highly toxic improvised metallic paint, they coat their bodies for dramatic effect and transform themselves into living statues. Manusia Silver can earn about 50,000 Indonesian rupiah to 100.000 Indonesian rupiah ($3.50 to $7) per day. Indonesia's poor account for 26.42 million of a population of over 270 million, as the coronavirus pandemic disrupted business activity in Indonesia, 2.67 million people have lost their jobs, according to Statistics Indonesia (BPS). (Photo by Ulet Ifansasti/Getty Images)