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A man dressed in a Spider-Man costume to celebrate the Jewish holiday of Purim takes part in a local surfing competition in the southern Israeli city of Ashdod March 6, 2015. Purim is a celebration of the Jews' salvation from genocide in ancient Persia, as recounted in the Book of Esther. REUTERS/Amir Cohen

Sydney may have broken the Guinness World Record for the most people dressed as Spider-Man gathered in one place. The event was inspired by a similar event in the U.K., where Spider-Man fans came dressed up like him in numbers.

Charterhouse, a Sydney recruitment agency, came up with the plan which would consequently raise money for charity. The idea was to break a relatively smaller number of people dressed as Spider-Man: 398.

The participants had to sit in the full costume for five minutes. Independent counters, witnessed by Justices of the Peace, counted them. A Fairfax Media video showed 440 people in Spider-Man costumes making a wave inside the venue.

Brooke Murray, a corporate recruiting consultant, said that it was the first time she was “recruiting Spider-Men.” She said that putting on the mask could be restricting. “You get into it as soon as you put it on,” Sydney Morning Herald quoted her, “Even people who might have been a little bit unsure, as soon as they get their costumes on you can see them transform.”

While it was originally planned that people would gather at Martin Place, it was more practical to gather at an enclosed, all-weather venue to achieve an official world record, as there were a lot of rules and regulations involved in the process.

Marvel Comics, the creator of Spider-Man, earlier tried breaking the world record. However, their efforts failed as the company asked people to come with their own costumes. To break the world record, the authorities must approve the costumes.

Participants gathered in City Recital Hall at Angel Place. They started coming from 7 a.m. on Tuesday. The organisers supplied the Spider-Man costumes to make sure that the world record rules were followed.

It took six months to plan for the event, with the counted number of people dressed in Spider-Man costumes sent to the Guinness office. The charity funds raised from the event will go to Life Education, an organisation, which provides health education for children and youth.

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