The longest fingernails in the world will be “cut off” and placed in a museum.

Shridhar Chillal, 78, who once set the Guinness World Record as the man with the longest fingernails in the world, has announced that he plans to cut his nails 2m long to donate to the museum.

The individuals with the longest nails in the world and their motivations for growing them

We’ve compiled a list of some of our more iconic longest nails record holders and why they grow their nails so long