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Man makes complicated model of his home city using 50,000 coins

He Peixi sits on the floor next to his miniature coin city    PHOTO   ;   COURTESY

China: They say money doesn't grow on trees, but in one man's model city everything from the buildings to the waterways are made entirely of cash.

He Peixi used more than 50,000 coins - a mixture of ancient and contemporary units of currency - to construct a model version of his home city, Chingqing in China.

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