Wat Pariwat has been nicknamed 'David Beckham Temple' for a very unusual reason. In the back corner of the large altar of this very large but anonymous looking temple, a Garuda, one of those mythic winged creatures, has been replaced by... David Beckham! Executed by a fan with the agreement of the abbot in 1998, the statuette is only 30 cm high and the haircut on the carving is not quite the one we know... but you can clearly read 'Sharp', the team sponsor on the T-shirt.