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In 1925, The con artist Victor Lustig 'sold' the tower to two different people on separate occasions. He told them that the costs for upkeep on the Eiffel Tower were so huge that the city could not afford it any longer, and secretly wanted to sell it for scrap metal.

As the Eiffel Tower was originally supposed to be temporary, and there was difficulty in maintaining it in 1925, both of his customers believed him.

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