China is known for copying just about everything, from DVDs all the way up to cars. But a plan to copy an entire Austrian town and build it in Guangdong province has locals in the real town up in arms.

The Austrian Independant reports that Chinese engineers and architects have caused a stir in the stunning 800-person lakeside hamlet of Hallstatt, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. It seems the Chinese want to recreate Hallstatt back in China, but they came and studied the town without telling any locals they were planning to build a Chinese replica.

"You must not do such things without letting authorities and owners of houses know," the Hallstatt mayor told the newspaper.