Switzerland-based origami artistSipho Mabonahas created a life-sized elephant from just one sheet of paper measuring 15 by 15 meters.
The project was financed through Internet-crowdfunding site Indiegogo where he raised over $26,000 from 631 funders.
A webcam was installed that allowed people to watch the massive elephant take shape.
Mabona had originally expected the attempt to take three to four people.
The work is now on display in the museum KKLB in Beromunster, Switzerland.
Sipho Mabona started making paper planes when he was just five-years-old.
A small-scale model of the paper elephant.
