In Athens, the Acropolis Museum has put on display a model of the Acropolis Hill and its temples. But it isn't just any model - its one made from 120,000 Lego blocks. Donated by the University of Sydney's Nicholson Museum, it was made by professional Lego builder Ryan McNaught.

Students look at a Lego model of the Acropolis hill, built by Australian Ryan McNaught, at the Acropolis museum in Athens December 11, 2014.

Acropolis Hill has stood over Athens for centuries and been the site of monuments that have defined modern architecture and art.

Just the historical setting professional Lego builder Ryan Mc Naught needed, to build his lego model of it.

The model includes all the temples and theaters of the Acropolis, and includes ancient Greek mythological gods, creatures and heroes.

But the Lego model also has some other quirky details, such as rock star Elton John singing in the Herod Atticus theater, mystery crime writer Agatha Christie, who used to be an archaeology enthusiast, on the hill, and the magician Gandalf from Lord of the Rings passing by in a horse cart.

"There are ancient stories, there are stories from the 19th century, from the modern times, altogether,and this is very good. I think through this way it is easier to make clear the history of the Acropolis," Dimitris Pandermalis, president of Acropolis Museum, said.

This Lego Model took Ryan McNaught some 300 hours - roughly about 3 months to build. It is vivid in its detail and has one foot in the ancient past and another, very humorous one, in modern times. McNaught apparently also has plans to build a lego model of the ancient city of "Pompeii" for the Nicholson Museum in 2015.

And if the current work on Acropolis Hill is anything to go by, that too is sure to surprise.

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