Hungarian inventor and architect Erno Rubik celebrates the 40th anniversary of his famed toy cube at a special exhibit in Jersey City
Invented in 1974 by Professor Erno Rubik, the Rubik's cube was an instant success when it was first exported from Hungary in 1980, becoming the world's fastest-selling toy.
To celebrate its 40th anniversary the 69-year-old Hungarian inventor paired up with Liberty Science Centre in Jersey City, US, for a special exhibition of the toy puzzle.
Titled Beyond Rubik's Cube the exhibition explores the humble beginnings of the cube, showing its first prototypes made out of wood and rubber bands.
It also houses the world's most expensive Rubik's Cube ever made, an 18 karat gold cube set with 1,360 jewels, including white diamonds, green emeralds, red rubies, blue and yellow sapphires and purple amethysts, estimated to be worth £1.5 million.
Professor Rubik said that after spending most of his adult life with the cube, he now sees it as his eldest child.
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