The Guinness Book of Records did not register a 7-meter model of the Eiffel Tower built from matches as a world record, claiming that its creator, Frenchman Richard Plaud, used “the wrong matches.”
Plaud, who spent eight years creating the model using 706,900 matchsticks, revealed the news in a Facebook post, including a photo of the structure with the word, "NO!!"
“The Guinness Book of Judges made their verdict without even seeing my tower in real life,” Plaud wrote on social media.
“BIG DISILLUSION, DISAPPOINTMENT AND INCOMPREHENSION,,” he continued. “[They] tell me that 706,900 rods stuck one after another are not matches!!?? And they are too cropped beyond recognition!!??”
Also, the artist made fun of the London organization. “Obviously the English are really different...” he said. “No offence to the English.”
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