acre replication of Peking 1900 (sewers and  all) was built in the plains outside Madrid, and Chinese/Asian  extras were flown in from all over Europe to provide the local  Peking (the old name of Beijing) citizenry. A number of costumes for  the Royal Chinese Court (the Empress, Prince Tuans, etc.) were  authentic ones from Tzu Hsis actual court. They were loaned by an  illustrious Florentine family (which wished to stay anonymous) but  was able to rescue them from the collapse of the dynasty right after  the Boxer rebellion.