A life-size chocolate sculpture of Russian President Vladimir Putin is in line to become the most interesting exhibit at the Festival of Chocolate fair in St. Petersburg on Saturday.
Before starting the work, sculptors gathered information from open sources about the weight and height of President Putin.
With the sculpture near completion on Thursday, the St. Petersburg-based sculptors had already used more than 70 kilograms of chocolate.
They expect their creation to be a become a Guinness record.
After originally being commissioned by the festival to make a bust of the President, sculptors went one step further and made him life-size.
The also added a representation of his dog, Connie, and a briefcase.
After the festival, the sculpture will be not eaten or sold and will return to the St. Petersburg workshop where it was crafted