A Frenchman’s record-breaking matchstick structure of the Eiffel Tower was initially rejected by Guinness World Records due to him using the wrong type of matches. But according to the organization’s ...

Guinness World Records on Thursday told Frenchman Richard Plaud that his 23.6 ft matchstick Eiffel Tower was a record height, a day after initially rejecting it for using the wrong matches to Plaud’s ...

Guinness World Records on Thursday told Frenchman Richard Plaud that his 7.2 meter (23.6 feet) matchstick Eiffel Tower was a record height, a day after rejecting it for using the wrong matches. Plaud ...

A Frenchman who built a 23ft tall matchstick Eiffel Tower to earn a Guinness World Record has finally realised his dream - a day after his bid was rejected for using the wrong type of matches. 'We're ...

A French man spent eight years building his dream of being a world record holder stick by stick, only to have judges disqualify him for using the wrong materials for the tallest matchstick sculpture ...

A man has been awarded the Guinness World Record for the world's tallest structure using matchsticks - after first having his effort rejected. The Frenchman, Richard Plaud, had built a model of the ...

A French man reached for the sky trying to build the tallest matchstick sculpture, but world record officials may have caused his dream to shatter to pieces. Richard Plaud said he spent eight years ...

Guinness World Records reversed its decision to disqualify a Frenchman who was disqualified for using the wrong matches to build a replica of the Eiffel Tower from obtaining the record. via REUTERS ...