This roadside artist makes ends meet by selling figurines that he carves out of dry coconut in Bengaluru city, southern India.

58-year-old Chandrappa has been making a living by selling his art on the side of the street for almost 20 years.

The clip from July 24 shows Chandrappa carving the figurine of a monkey onto a coconut shell.

"I have been making my living carving coconut for almost 20-years since this is the only talent I have," Chandrappa said.

"I make figurines that are mostly in demand by the customers. The figurines of Buddha and Lord Ganesha are the ones that sell the most."

He continued: "I take almost two to three hours making one figurine. In the initial years, when I started the job, it used to take me hours, but with experience, now I can finish the art by about two and a half hours."

His work sells for almost 350 INR each ($5.50), and every day he carves at least three figurines, which he guarantees will stay intact for 15 years.

A street side artiste makes his ends meet selling figurines that he carves out of dry coconut in Bengaluru, southern India.

58-year-old Chandrappa has been making his living by selling his talent on the side of the street for almost 20 years

The street side seller and artiste in the video is seen carving out the figurine of a Monkey on a dry coconut.

His hands move swiftly across the right places on the coconut shell as he carves it to give it the figure of his choice.

He is expert in making various figurines and makes them as per the customer demands.

Chandrappa says," I have been making my living carving coconut for almost 20-years since this is the only talent I have."

"I make figurines that are mostly in demand by the customers and the figurines of Buddha, Lord Ganesha are the ones that sells the most."

Chandrappa puts a display of his works that are open to sale for customers by the side of a road.

Chandrappa says, "I take almost 2 to 3 hours and I am done making one figurine. Earlier in initial years when I started the job, it used to take me hours but with experience now I can finish the art by almost 2.5 hour."

"I am trying to reduce time and I am sure I will be able to make it to 30 once I see a lots of customers and the demand is high."

When asked about the expertise he said, "Although I can make almost every figurine, but the lesser time I take to make is of the spiritual teacher Buddha and Godess Parvathy and Lord Ganesha."

His work sells for almost 350 INR each (5.5$) and every day he carves at least 3 pieces of figurines.

Chandrappa guarantees that the figurines will stay intact for 15 years