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« on: July 28, 2009, 06:06:10 AM »
A retired farmer has spent more than 30 years building an enormous scale model of a Biblical temple.

Alec Gerrard has spent 30 years constructing the ancient Herod's Temple

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Now, here's a model of biblical proportions. A retired farmer has spent more than 30 years building an enormous scale model of Herod's temple - and it is still not finished.
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« Reply #1 on: July 28, 2009, 06:07:04 AM »


Alec Garrard, 78, has dedicated a massive 33,000 hours to constructing the ancient temple, which measures a whopping 20ft by 12ft
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« Reply #2 on: July 28, 2009, 06:07:30 AM »


The pensioner has hand-baked and painted every clay brick and tile and even sculpted 4,000 tiny human figures to populate the courtyards
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« Reply #3 on: July 28, 2009, 06:08:04 AM »


But Mr Garrard, who started the epic project in his 40s, says his masterpiece will not be finished in his lifetime
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« Reply #4 on: July 28, 2009, 06:08:28 AM »


"I have an interest in buildings and religion so I thought maybe I could combine the two and I came up with the idea of doing the temple"
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« Reply #5 on: July 28, 2009, 06:09:37 AM »


"I'd seen one or two examples of it in Biblical exhibitions, but I thought they were rubbish and I knew I could do better"
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