world's smallest tiger statue, 1mm

Chen Forng-Shean, who has a hobby of carving for 30 years, has made a stunning tiger carved from resin which began on February 14.

The statue was as high as 1 millimeter (0.04 inches) and has a length of 1 mm, he said that it is the smallest tiger in the world.

But Chen acknowledged that the brightly colored animals that he can be after more than 10 times the effort to manufacture.

After three months of intensive hard work finally in November, a designer said the goods were worth 3 million Taiwan dollars (about £ 58,000), although not for sale.