A Frenchman who built a model of the Eiffel Tower using over 700,000 matchsticks says he has had his efforts rejected by Guinness World Records.
Richard Plaud, 47, said he spent eight years and 4,200 hours assembling 706,900 matches to build the world's tallest structure made of matches, measured at 7.19m (23.6ft).
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