Beautiful Actress Nicole Richie Tries to Surprise People on the Wedding Day


Nicole Richie hired an ELEPHANT to appear at her wedding tonight!

This is supposed to be the boho chic, hippie girl with a casual, intimate wedding ... but we saw truck after truck drive in to her dad Lionel Richie's estate tonight delivery last-minute flowers; setting up sound systems; and carrying in none other than a pachyderm!

Why she and Joel Madden needed an elephant to accessorize their wedding, we have no idea ... unless it helped them sell their wedding photos to a magazine? To entertain their two children?