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NewsJanuary 16, 2011

This photo shows a portion of a replica of Leonardo da Vinci's mural, "The Last Supper," made out of laundry lint by Laura Bell of Roscommon, Mich. Bell said she needed about 800 hours to do enough laundry to get the lint, and 200 hours to recreate the mural. She bought towels of the colors she wanted and laundered them separately to get the right shades of lint. The mural is 14 feet long and 4 feet tall...

This photo provided by Ripley's Believe It or Not shows a replica of Leonardo da Vinci's mural, 'The Last Supper,' made out of laundry lint by Laura Bell of Roscommon, Mich. (AP Photo/Ripley Entertainment Inc., Anthony Scipio)
This photo provided by Ripley's Believe It or Not shows a replica of Leonardo da Vinci's mural, 'The Last Supper,' made out of laundry lint by Laura Bell of Roscommon, Mich. (AP Photo/Ripley Entertainment Inc., Anthony Scipio)

This photo shows a portion of a replica of Leonardo da Vinci's mural, "The Last Supper," made out of laundry lint by Laura Bell of Roscommon, Mich. Bell said she needed about 800 hours to do enough laundry to get the lint, and 200 hours to recreate the mural. She bought towels of the colors she wanted and laundered them separately to get the right shades of lint. The mural is 14 feet long and 4 feet tall.

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Anthony Scipio

Ripley Entertainment Inc.

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