A team of artists is celebrating after a Guinness judge confirmed that they had built the tallest sandcastle in the world.

The 16.68m Duisburg creation snatched the title from a team of 50 Indians who built a 14.84m castle emblazoned with the words "world peace" earlier this year.

The castle took 3,500 tons of sand to complete.

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