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Suvarnabhumi airport, Thailand's main airport is to relocate 12 giant "demon statues" which are modelled on 12 statues at Bangkok's Grand Palace, from arrivals to the check-in section to boost the morale of staff who thought the figures brought bad luck, local media and officials have said.

The first of the giants, each weighing a ton and collectively worth more than 30 million baht (890,000 dollars), was moved Monday night after airport staff conducted a religious ceremony for the relocation, the Bangkok Post reported.

According to the newspaper, the statues were moved to 'improve morale' at the airport after staff and duty-free shop owners complained that their positioning might have been accountable for the airport's bad luck since opening in September 2006.