THE VENDOR ACQUIRED THE OCTOPUS FROM A TECHNICIAN AT PINEWOOD STUDIOS. LATEX PROP OTOPUSSES WERE USED IN THE FILM HOWEVER THE VENDOR UNDERSTOOD THAT THIS MODEL WAS USED FOR PUBLICITY PURPOSES AND MAY ALSO HAVE BEEN THE MODEL FROM WHICH THE LATEX VERSIONS WERE MOULDED. IT IS THOUGHT TO BE THE ONLY PROP OCTOPUS TO HAVE SURVIVED.