SCULPTOR Hedley Wiggan will try to ‘flog’ his miniature masterpieces to some of the country’s leading dealers on television.

Mr Wiggan has proved he has the patience of a saint by spending months carving intricate designs on the nibs of pencils.

But now the 47-year-old, from Tonge Moor, has taken his work to London to appear on Channel 4’s Four Rooms to see if his hard work will pay off.

The show features people presenting artefacts that they believe are valuable to experts, who then offer what they believe to be a fair price.

The would-be seller has to decide whether to accept an offer or move on to the next dealer.

Mr Wiggan, who is following in the footsteps of his older brother, world-famous micro-sculptor Willard Wigan — the brothers spell their surname differently — kept tight-lipped about whether he received a high offer for his work but described the filming as “magical”.

He said: “It was a bit surreal being in a studio.

“People put so much work into the show.”

He said the filming took place in a studio near Wembley and lasted about 13 hours.

Mr Wiggan, father of 22-year-old daughter Lauren, said: “I was a bit like Dick Whittington.

“I didn’t know what would be asked of me — it was the unknown and it was a little bit nerve-wracking.

“I just wanted to gauge what people thought of my work, get contacts and get a different perspective.”

He took a series of paintings and mini sculptures, but showed experts his work of the Queen and the Olympic torch, both carved in pencil nibs.

Business woman Celia Sawyer and art expert Gordon Watson were among the entrepreneur dealers on the show.

Mr Wiggan, who works as a porter at the Royal Albert Edward Infirmary in Wigan, got into the unusual hobby about two years ago when he sharpened a pencil and noticed the tip looked like a human hand.

He now spends every spare minute carving his creations, which recently included The Beatles.

Mr Wiggan hopes the TV show, which is expected to be broadcast this month, will help get his work more known.

Visit hedleywiggan.co.uk to view his work.