Syrian calligrapher refuses to sell rare Quran copy

A Syrian calligrapher who has made a rare copy of the Quran sewing the verses with golden thread refused an offer to sell it for two million dollars.

A Syrian calligrapher who has made a rare copy of the Quran sewing the verses with golden thread refused an offer to sell it for two million dollars.

Maher al-Hazeri, who is from Aleppo and now lives in Bursa in northwest Turkey, says he wants the copy to be kept in a museum so that everyone can see it.

He said his aim was not financial gains and that is why he is not selling the Quran copy, RT Arabic reported.

Al-Hazeri spent four years to calligraphy the copy and another four years to sew the verses with golden thread and decorate the pages.

In his work of art, the thirty parts of the Quran have been divided into 12 volumes that weigh 200 kg in total.