Monks spent 25 years building a temple entirely out of 1.5 million recycled beer bottles starting in 1984, with the initial goal of cleaning up beer bottle pollution but which became a unique architectural landmark. It is the only temple in the world constructed entirely from beer bottles.

2. Monks spent 25 years building this temple. 1.5 million beer bottles were used. It is he only temple in the world made entirely of beer bottles. Project started in 1984. The initial idea was to clean up beer bottle pollution. It turned out to be a piece of unique architecture.