Other teams and leagues have used mannequins to fill empty seats, but a South Korean soccer team was fined by its league after some of the mannequins were later identified as sex dolls.

However, on Tuesday, January 11 overnight the display was torn apart. Chris Lee, co-founder and co-director of Amaze, said: "We built the cardboard replacement as the original display was stolen.

Cardboard cutouts of fans seen at the Chinese Professional Baseball League season's opening game between Rakuten Monkeys and CTBC Brothers. (Gene Wang/Getty Images) Transcript ...

Mannequins and cardboard cutouts of fans wearing the home team's colours sat in seats where spectators normally watch the games. By Isobel Frodsham, news reporter Sunday 12 April 2020 21:15, UK ...