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A French prisoner lodged in UP jail made a Taj Mahal model with 30,000 matchsticks for his wife

Poulomi DasJan 2, 2017, 12:54 IST

Albert Pascal Shaine, a French prisoner who is lodged in Maharganj district jail has made the impossible possible by building a model of Taj Mahal with 30,000 matchsticks.

Shaine's version of Taj Mahal also comprises 2 kgs of Fevicol and was completed over a duration of three months. He was helped by two other inmates of the jail.

Shaine wants to send the matchstick Taj Mahal to his wife in France as a New Year gift and the jail authorities are working to ensure his wish is fulfilled.

He has been in the jail since the last one year after beung caught with 3 Kg Charas at Indo Nepal border in 2014.