Taiwanese artist sculpts 1mm tiger

An artist in Taiwan has sculpted a 1mm-tall tiger which is small enough to fit through the eye of the needle.

Chen Forng-shean spent four hours a day for three months carving the animal out of artificial resin, AFP reports.

"The toughest part was painting the tiger's tongue red," he said.

Chen made the sculpture to mark the Year of the Tiger in the Chinese zodiac, which begins on February 14.