Photos – Vancouver’s gold plated billboard

Workers are seen placing a new billboard that is wrapped in 22-karat gold over an old ad near Granville Island in Vancouver, Wednesday, May 26, 2010. The billboard, the first of its kind in the world, advertises the "Treasure" exhibit at Science World and will have its own security guard 24 hours a day. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward

A worker is seen putting the finishing touches on a billboard that is wrapped in 22-karat gold near Granville Island in Vancouver, Wednesday, May 26, 2010. The billboard, the first of its kind in the world, advertises the "Treasure" exhibit at Science World and will have its own security guard 24 hours a day. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward