Inside the home decorated by 130,000 bottle caps

Frank Zeidler has decorated his house with tens of thousands of bottle tops in what started as a side project to bring some calm into his life while caring for his sick mother. — Photos: Jörn Hüneke/dpa

Bottle caps on the walls, on the floor and even on his suit: Frank Zeidler from a town near the German city of Hanover has transformed his home into a colourful, glittering empire made of bottle caps.

The early retiree has glued around 130,000 caps over the years – well beyond what he believes is needed to break a world record.