Lego statue of Jesus Inagurated In Swedish Church

The church parishoners of Sweden celebrated Easter on Sunday by unveiling a 6-foot-tall (1.8-meter-tall) statue of Jesus that they had built out of 30,000 Lego blocks. 40 volunteers took 18 months to join all the tiny plastic blocks together.


The Protestant church was filled on Sunday when the statue was displayed behind the altar, and some of the children in the congregation eager to touch the white art work.


Church spokesman Per Wilder said the statue at the Onsta Gryta church in the central Swedish city of Vasteras is a copy of Danish sculptor Bertel Thorvaldsen's "Christus" statue on display in Copenhagen.