New exhibition reveals statues who've 'stepped out of a neolithic swamp'

Only a couple of years after the state government helped out with $3.5 million to virtually double the size of the Orange Regional Gallery, that extra space continues to attract some of the best exhibitions to be found in regional Australia.

And this week the gallery was a hive of activity unpacking a container just off the boat from England.

Inside, 26 giant and tiny human bronze statues, the work of internationally-renowned artist Laurence Edwards.