Guinness World Record had previously rejected the model for being made with the wrong matches.
A 7.19 meter model of the Eiffel Tower has been officially deemed the tallest matchstick building in the world, after being disqualified by Guinness World Records a day earlier, the bbc reported.
Earlier this week, the tower had been disqualified for being made from the wrong type of matches. However, a day after his rejection, GWR said he was initially too harsh and congratulated model enthusiast Richard Plaud on his record.
Plaud, 47, said this week had been an “emotional roller coaster.”
It took him eight years to build his masterpiece tower using 706,900 matches and 23kg of glue. At first he cut the red, sulfurous matchsticks from commercial matches, but realized it was a tedious process.
After contacting the manufacturer, he received kilos of wooden matches and continued building the model.
Plaud, originally from Montpellier-de-Médillan in western France, completed the tower on December 27 and contacted GWR to authenticate his work, which was rejected because only “commercially available” matches qualified for record breaking .
However, the organization has since changed its position.
Mark Mckinley of Guinness World Records said the organization was “really excited to be able to approve it.”
“We are happy to admit that we were too harsh with the type of matches required in this attempt, and Richard's attempt is truly surprising,” he added.
Plaud hopes to display his tower in Paris for the Olympic Games in July.
The previous world record was held by Lebanese Toufic Daher, who built a 6.53 meter Eiffel Tower in 2009.
