Richard Plaud, a Frenchman, spent eight years building a 23.6-foot model of the Eiffel Tower using 706,900 matchsticks. Initially rejected by Guinness World Records for using the wrong matches, his model was later validated as the world's tallest matchstick Eiffel Tower, incorporating a piece of iron from the Eiffel Tower in each medal at the upcoming Paris Olympics.
Man who built Eiffel Tower with 700K matchsticks is awarded world record after all. https://t.co/PkJqyECqG2
Standing at 23.6 feet tall, this is the world's tallest matchstick Eiffel Tower, the Guinness World Records confirmed, after initially rejecting it, saying the builder, Richard Plaud, used the wrong matches https://t.co/kbkOR5B7M2 https://t.co/NumtybkY2F
Richard Plaud spent eight years building a nearly 24-foot model of the Eiffel Tower out of matchsticks, but was denied the Guinness World Record because he used the wrong type of matches. Then Guinness reversed its decision. https://t.co/5pbD33ndzN
A Frenchman spent eight years piecing together 706,900 matchsticks to make a 23.6-foot model of the Eiffel Tower. But Guinness says he doesn't qualify for a record because he used the wrong type of matchsticks. https://t.co/5Oo7AqDA8D
Frenchman Richard Plaud said he had been on an 'emotional rollercoaster' this week after initially being rejected by the Guinness World Records, and then validated a day later, for his matchstick Eiffel Tower model as the world's tallest https://t.co/kbkOR5B7M2 https://t.co/rDM3zGcdR0
'For eight years, I've always thought that I was building the tallest matchstick structure,' Richard Plaud told @Reuters after Guinness World Records validated that his 7.2-meter matchstick Eiffel Tower was a record height a day after rejecting it https://t.co/kbkOR5B7M2 https://t.co/ZD2EET1kA5
World record for matchstick Eiffel Tower after U-turn https://t.co/48ZiNlr8YY
Guinness World Record given to matchstick Eiffel Tower after earlier 'heavy-handed' rejection https://t.co/4fx4W7kjLM
Guinness World Records told Frenchman Richard Plaud that his 7.2-meter matchstick Eiffel Tower was a record height — a day after initially rejecting it for using the wrong matches, to Plaud's dismay https://t.co/kbkOR5B7M2 https://t.co/YzVYbXBwhf
Each medal at this summer's Paris Olympics will have an 18-gram piece of iron from the Eiffel Tower embedded in it Pretty solid souvenir if you've ever wanted to own a piece of the 135-year-old icon https://t.co/0fVvSXb7mw