KATHMANDU: Guinness World Records experts said on Thursday they are to travel to a remote valley in southwestern Nepal to measure a 72-year-old claiming to be the world’s shortest man.

Chandra Bahadur Dangi is 56 centimetres (22 inches) tall and weighs 12 kilos, he told a media conference broadcast by Nepali state television.

“We intend to travel to Mr Dangi’s village to officially measure him and are currently making provisions for medical professionals to assist us in the verification,” Guinness World Records editor-in-chief Craig Glenday said by email.AFP

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