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A 7.19 metre Eiffel Tower model has been officially deemed the world’s tallest matchstick building, after being disqualified by Guinness World Records a day earlier, the BBC reported.
Earlier this week, the tower had been disqualified for being made out of the wrong type of matches. However, a day after its rejection, GWR said that it was too harsh at first and congratulated model enthusiast Richard Plaud on his record.
It took him eight years to construct his masterpiece tower using 706,900 matches and 23kg of glue. He initially cut red, sulphur tops off commercial matches, but realised it was a tedious process.
The previous world record was held by Toufic Daher from Lebanon, who built a 6.53 metre Eiffel Tower in 2009.
