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The puzzle was introduced in Britain in June 1999. The goal of the puzzle is to arrange the pieces in the shape of a slightly nonregular dodecagon. A one-million-pound award was offered for the first solution to the puzzle, which was found by Alex Selby and Oliver Riordan on May 15, 2000. Their solution is illustrated above (puzzle pieces 1999, Christopher Monckton). A second solution was subsequently found by Guenter Stertenbrink. Interestingly, neither of these solutions matches the six clues given by the puzzle's creator Christopher Monckton for his solution, which remains unknown.To see the Selby/Riordan solution, click here.
