A mystery man found dead in a remote Welsh reservoir has been given a face using the same technology that created a state-of-the-art avatar of King Richard III.
Police are desperate to discover the identity of the badly decomposed body found floating in a wetsuit in the Claerwen reservoir in October 2024.
Detectives have not ruled out that he may be a victim of crime and his body put in the wetsuit and dumped in the reservoir to throw police off the trail.
His DNA and fingerprints and dental records were put into the police national computer and then passed to Interpol and drew a blank.
But the woman police chief in charge of the investigation remembered reading about how scientists had recreated a face from the remains of King Richard III after his body was found under a Leicester car park.
Inspector Anthea Ponting, of Dyfed-Powys Police said: 'I thought if they could do that from remains found 500 years ago they might be able to help us.
'Our man has no tattoos, jewellery or identifying marks so our best hope is to see what he looked like.'
Inspector Ponting contacted Face Lab at Liverpool John Moores University which uses art and science to create facial imaging.
Dyfed-Powys Police has released a digitised image of the 'mystery' man as efforts continue to identify him.
It was experts there who created a digital speaking avatar of King Richard III using forensic cranial reconstruction of his remains found in 2013.
The Face Lab team was provided with photographs, a post-mortem report, a forensic dental report and a CT scan of the mystery man found in the reservoir north of Rhayader, Powys.
A 3D model was made using medical imaging software before the team used his dentistry to create the shape of the man's lower face and mouth, with protruding teeth and a left-sided crossbite.
The shape of the man's face, lips and nose were estimated with the addition of muscles and it was established that he had a rounded chin square jawline and downturned nose.
DI Ponting said: 'Thanks to Face Lab, we have now been provided with a very clear and detailed estimation of what the man looked like.
'The image has already been processed through the Police National Computer and has been shared with Interpol.
'This is someone's family member and I would like nothing more than to return him to his loved ones who might be missing him.'
The body was discovered by a dog walker at the 650-acre reservoir which supplies water to Birmingham and the West Midlands.
The man's body was found badly decomposed body floating in a wetsuit in the Claerwen reservoir in October 2024.
Police are baffled because no car was left abandoned in a car park and no clothes were discovered anywhere in the desolate beauty spot.
DI Ponting said: 'Until now, the only item available to progress our investigation was the wetsuit the man was wearing, which provided us with limited information around his height and weight.
'We are looking for a breakthrough to discover who he is, where he came from and how he lost his life
'We want people to have a close look at the man's face and if you think you know him, please come forward.'
Police say they are keeping an open mind about how the mystery man died and why no one has reported him missing over the last 15 months.
A post-mortem examination revealed the man aged between 30 and 60 had been in the water for up to 12 weeks.
His Zone 3 Agile wetsuit is an Extra Large which equates to him being over 6ft tall and weighing about 202-220lbs with a 44-48-inch chest.
Professor Caroline Wilkinson, Director of Face Lab which works with police forces worldwide, said: 'Facial depiction from human remains can act as a tool for recognition, providing new lines of investigation in relation to identity.
'Hopefully, someone who knew this man will now recognise his face and our facial depiction can support the police to finally identify him.'