Instagram sensation turns the world's most famous landmarks into quirky masterpieces using only black paper and scissors (Details, pics)

Seeing is believing – or so they say. But have you ever seen the Eiffel Tower transformed into a butterfly, Big Ben turned into a giant wristwatch, or Michelangelo’s David being forced to cover up with a pair of Calvin Klein boxer shorts?

Welcome to the world of Rich McCor, who has become an Instagram sensation thanks to his witty takes on some of the world’s most recognisable landmarks using nothing but a sheet of black paper and a pair of scissors.

Rich came up with his idea on a red double-decker London bus. But his early creations proved so popular on social media that he has now travelled the globe to superimpose his paper templates on structures such as the Colosseum in Rome, Rio’s Christ the Redeemer and famous landscapes such as Loch Ness for a new book, Around The World in Cut-Outs

See some of the amazing pictures below;