Revealed: The secrets behind magician Dynamo’s London bus levitation trick

     

 

 

Open-mouthed Londoners watched on in amazement over the weekend as mind-blowing magician Dynamo levitated next to a bus.

The 30-year-old TV illusionist had spectators scratching their heads as he made his way through the capital’s streets alongside the Houses of Parliament on Saturday.

While the majority of observers were left speechless by the illusion, one man has decided to speak out about how it was done.

German artist Johan Lorbeer claims he has been performing the trick for over a decade, with the aid of a metal bar hidden inside a fake arm.

Dangling room only: Dynamo travels across Westminster Bridge and passes London landmarks while seemingly hovering alongside the 543 bus (Picture: Pepsi MAX / PA)

‘There is a metal construction which runs from the arm that sticks to the wall or the car or whatever,’ he told the Telegraph.

‘One metal beam inside the fake latex hand runs along the arm which is leaning on the wall. This metal piece [then] runs down along the back, through the trousers and down to the shoes.

‘Then either with a ladder or some kind of machine you go in there and somebody puts the clothes over you. And that’s it.’

YouTube viewers also seem to have worked it out, with the top-rated comment on the site explaining: ‘Fake arm for the ride, lowered down on a string at the end you can see it in his shirt ..’

The illusionist’s past tricks include walking on the river Thames in 2011, transporting a mobile phone into a glass beer bottle and bringing paper butterflies to life.