Welsh town eyes record for biggest-ever Mona Lisa

A Welsh town was on Wednesday hoping to enter the record books for creating the world's largest copy of Leonardo Da Vinci's Mona Lisa, arguably the most famous painting in the world.

Hundreds of Wrexham residents reproduced Da Vinci's famous enigmatic smile by painting 82 vinyl tiles to produce a massive portrait measuring 240 square metres.

The giant artwork, which is 50 times the size of the original, will be scrutinised by Guinness World Records at the town's Eagles Meadow shopping centre.

The work is the brainchild of artist Katy Webster and sections will be sold off to those making a donation to local charity Hope House Children's Hospice.

"Our Mona Lisa has a lot of advantages over the original," Eagles Meadow manager Kevin Critchley told local paper The Leader.

"It?s a lot bigger so she is much easier to see, admirers will not have to queue to make her acquaintance, and unlike the version in Paris, you will be able to touch her," he added.