I remember being 6 or 7 and watching an animated film that included a village of people who were turned to mindless stone and were being sent ~somewhere~ to do menial labor.
If I am remembering correctly there was also an evil spirit inhabiting a poseable art figure in the film.
It’s been 20 years and I’ve been trying fruitlessly to find this film!
Sounds like Unico in the Island of Magic!!!! Evil lord Kuruku terms them to stone. Here’s a youtube clip of it https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_bxdHiJinJo