India's Prime Minister's Suit Wins Guinness World Record of Most Expensive Suit Ever Sold By Auction

When the Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi wore the suit to meet with President Obama when the later visited India in January 2015, he was mocked. 

However the same suit that elicited mockery has now broken the Guinness world record for most expensive suit ever auctioned. The suit was bought by diamond tycoon Laljibhal Patel last year for 43,131,311 Rupees, the equivalent of US $642,426 during an auction sale at Surat Gujarat. The auction sale was held on 20 February, 2015, while the proceeds from the sale were donated to the Namami Gange Fund for the clean up of heavily polluted Ganges River, considered sacred by Hindus.

The Modi pin-stripped suit has subtle gold stripes. However, it has been revealed that the gold stripes are not lines but tiny engraved names of the Prime Minister: "Narendra Damodardas Modi"