Alec Garrard, 78, a retired farmer has spent more than 30 years building an enormous scale model of Herod’s temple. And get this – it’s still unfinished!

He dedicated a massive 33,000 hours to constructing the ancient temple, which measures a whopping 20ft by 12ft.

He hand-baked and painted every clay brick and tile and even sculpted 4,000 tiny human figures to populate the courtyards.

He spent more than three years researching the temple, which was destroyed by the Romans 2,000 years ago and deemed to be one of the most remarkable buildings of ancient times.

With this, his wife thinks he is nuts!  (Full story)