A man in northern Vietnam has studded his house with the antiques he has spent his entire life collecting.

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As there is no room left in his house to store his roughly 8,000 antiques, Nguyen Van Truong, 53, came up with the idea of gluing all his treasured items onto his walls, gate, and in his garden at his house in Vinh Tuong District, Vinh Phuc Province.

He recounted that he had traveled throughout several northern provinces including Bac Giang, Hung Yen, Yen Bai, and Lao Cai to buy the antiques from dealers as well as hunt for them in junk piles.

Antique plates take up over half of Truong’s antiques, many of which date back to the 17th and 18th centuries.

After being discharged from the army, he returned to his hometown and worked as a carpenter and a furniture painter.

He first became acquainted with antiques when he painted some furniture at the house of an antique dealer. Truong then switched from carpentry to antique collecting and dealing.

However, he was so infatuated with his antiques that he would not sell most of them, though he had spent a fortune on them.

When he runs out of money, he borrows from his relatives and friends and sometimes travels as far as he can for an entire month in pursuit of his passion.

His wife, who undertakes all household chores, was upset with his hobby at the beginning, and tried to discourage him from it. However, her admonishments were in vain.

She often pays the large debts he incurs from his obsession.

Now she has resigned herself to his passion.

As Truong ran out of room to store his “treasures,” he bought cement and sand to use to stick them onto the walls of his house.

The multitude of antiques, which he has gone to great lengths to collect for 30 years, gives his house a weird and unique look.

“People keep saying that I’m crazy as I’m so keen on antique collecting, though I’m not rich at all. Some also say that I may cause damage to the antiques by gluing them like this. But I think that this is the only way that I can preserve our forefathers’ heritage, without worrying about thieves,” Truong shared.

He also forbids his sons from selling or demolishing the house.

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