A man was rushed to hospital after pushing a padlock so far down his penis it became wedged in his bladder.
The unnamed 31-year-old said he inserted the small lock into his urethra and then shoved it further down.
He was reportedly ‘playing’ with his private parts in a bid for sexual gratification.
But he was rushed to hospital after the lock travelled into his bladder and became stuck there.
His family accompanied him to the clinic in Fuzhou city, capital city of Fujian province, eastern China, after finding out what happened.
An extraordinary X-ray shows the padlock lodged in his bladder.
Doctors performed various examinations before it was decided they would operate on the man.
They reportedly cut a small hole in his bladder to release the lock.
It is not known what condition the man is currently in or whether he will suffer from lasting damage as a result.
Earlier this year, another man had 15 rusty needles removed from his penis after he inserted them in a bid for ‘excitement’.
The patient, 35, chose to remain anonymous since being forced by his family to seek help at the General Hospital of Shenyang Military Region.
Doctor Cao Zhiqiang, who took part in the operation to have the 10-centimetre needles removed, said the patient from the city of Shenyang, capital of north-eastern China’s Liaoning province, was admitted with pain in his private parts.
"Because of the patient’s… hobby, he inserted 15 needles from the tip of his penis into his urethra over the course of a year," Doctor Cao explained.
He added: "As a result, he suffered from haematuria - blood in the urine - infections and it hurt whenever he urinated."
Surgery to remove the needles was successful and he is not thought to have suffered any lasting complications.
Doctor Cao added: "Had we waited longer, the needles might have moved further up into his bladder, which would have been very troublesome."
Man who used padlock during 'sex game' learns valuable and very painful lesson
