A man from the Netherlands has been working hard on an identical replica of Noah’s ark, built to the exact measurements recorded in the Bible.
Johan Huibers is a construction company owner and has been working on the ark for the last few years but expects to be finished by July, according to a report in The New York Times.
This is the second time Huibers has built an ark, the last model being slightly smaller but it still managed to attract over 600,000 people to view it. Huibers told the newspaper that he desired to point people towards God through his construction and plans to use it as a live example of the story of Noah using real animals.
A small town in Netherlands by the name of Dordrecht is hoping to convince Huibers to bring the ark to the town in order to draw tourists. Dordrecht has been struggling with rising water levels causing damage to local farmlands and they desperately need funding to save the town. However, Huibers is hoping to take the ark to London for the Olympic Games next year.