Spectators marvel at the 23.6-foot-tall model of the Eiffel Tower that Richard Plaud spent 4,200 hours over the course of eight years making out of matchsticks and glue. Last month, Guinness World ...

Richard Plaud's matchstick model is now officially record-breaking after Guinness changed its mind and said it had been "heavy-handed in the application of our rules." Richard Plaud's matchstick ...

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 ...

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 ...

Good morning. I'm Steve Inskeep. A Frenchman spent eight years building a giant matchstick model of the Eiffel Tower, and he may have used the wrong matchsticks to set a world record. Richard Plaud ...

"At first I was making imaginary models out of matches, I was simply fed up with that and wanted a bigger challenge, and that's how I started making sculptures. My first sculpture was the 'Godfather' ...

GLADBROOK, Iowa (KWWL) -- The Matchstick Marvel Museum holds a lot of history, but one of the unique parts about the museum is that every single model is made exclusively out of wooden matchsticks.

A Frenchman spent eight years building the giant model, but officials at the Guinness World Records says he didn't use "commercially available" matches. Guinness tells NBC News it may reconsider. Good ...