Costesti village , which lies near the road between Ramnicu Valcea of Targu Jiu , Romania can observe the wonders created by nature . There are sculptures in stone , with bizarre shapes , some small , others out at the height of a man who emerged as people exploit the sand quarry .
These formations are called trove or popular " living stones " . They say it would be over 6 million years old and would have occurred due to local cementing of sand , possibly due to a seismic activities . Most trove of Costesti ellipsoidal in shape .
Locals insisted that after a long rain of small rises trove wet sand and stones actually grow larger .
This theory is confirmed .
It is a natural phenomenon that deserves to be seen . Here is the only museum in the world of trovantilor .