World’s tallest statue of Jesus Christ erected in Swiebodzin, Poland

Workers mounted the final pieces of a gigantic, statue of Jesus – arms, and the massive head - using an enormous crane that was brought in especially for this purpose to a small town of Swiebodzin in western Poland last Saturday.

"Christ the King," as the golden-crowned statue is called, replaced Rio de Janeiro's landmark - Christ the Redeemer as the world's tallest.

According to the local Catholic priest Sylwester Zawadzki, who conceived the whole project, paid for by private donations, the actual statue measures 33 meters - one meter for every year that Jesus lived and weighs 440 tons.

If an artificial mound it stands on and the crown on the head are included, the plaster and fiber glass statue rises to 51 meters. 

By comparison, the statue in Brazil's Rio is 38 meters tall.