A Tsintaosaurus figure. This Tsintaosaurus figure was received as a thank-you gift for crowdfunding (financial support) for the 'Fukushima Prefecture Hiroo Town Tsintaosaurus Full Skeleton Model Restoration Project' in 2015.

The Great East Japan Earthquake on March 11, 2011. It caused enormous damage. Hiroo Town in Fukushima Prefecture is located within 30km of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant. A full-size skeletal replica of the hadrosaur Tsintaosaurus was displayed at the Hiroo Town Hall in Fukushima Prefecture.
Since strata from about 88 million years ago (Late Cretaceous) are exposed in Hiroo, it had been displayed in the town hall lobby since 1988 to promote the area as a 'fossil' locality. Due to the earthquake, the skull of the Tsintaosaurus fell and was damaged.
After researchers examined it, damage was also found in the neck and other parts, leading to the conclusion that [large-scale restoration is necessary to return it to display]. The cost required for this restoration was 4 million JPY (breakdown: 2.5 million JPY for special resin and welding materials, 1.3 million JPY for welding and coloring work, 200,000 JPY for on-site assembly work). Although a donation of 500,000 JPY was received from the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology (USA) in 2011, the 'Let's Support Fukushima with Dinosaurs' project was launched by initiators Yoshikazu Hasegawa (Director Emeritus of the Gunma Museum of Natural History) and Makoto Manabe (National Museum of Nature and Science) to raise the remaining 3.5 million JPY. The restored Tsintaosaurus full skeleton replica was displayed at 'The Dinosaur Expo 2016' (donors also received admission tickets to 'The Dinosaur Expo 2016').