The head of Garuda Wisnu statue, constructed at the Nyoman Nuarta Studio in Bandung, West Java, will be placed at the Ungasan Hill. To facilitate the shipment of the huge head statue, the item has been divided into several smaller parts before they were sent to the designated location by around 15 trucks.

The Okokan dance was performed in Gilimanuk harbor, Negara and Tabanan, to welcome the arrival of the group bringing the huge head statue. The welcoming procession was held to improve locals' appreciation of the presence of the cultural park, which once brought forth controversy.

This ongoing statue project, which stands on the top of Ungasan Hill, some 283 meters above the sea level, is listed into the world's highest statue and proposed to be the landmark of Bali. Even though the GWK's operational is only 10% running recently.

Pros and cons on the existence of the Statue project arose when the idea of the project was launched to the public in 1993. Under its long-term plan, the Mandala Garuda Wisnu Kencana Statue and Cultural Park project will cover some 230 hectares of land in total.

Financial constraints led the GWK project to be called to a halt for almost four years, starting from 1995 to 1999. The construction project commenced again in August 1999. Slowly but surely progress has been made, but through the years of the monetary crisis the project was seriously neglected. What really sticks in people's minds is the fire which burned Garuda's head at the Nyoman Nuarta Studio in Bandung, West Java in 1997.

This project can finally survive to move on, even without any loans from banks in the amount of worth. Fund raising activities conducted by GWK Foundation was a success, with several companies and entrepreneurs in this country expressing their commitment to develop the project for the country's future generation.

GWK's Assistant Manager Gunadi Ngurah said that for the time being, the statue-making project costs around Rp500 billion.