Man Sells Tattoo Off His Back

This tattoo doesn't come cheap, either.

A SWISS man has sold an elaborate Virgin Mary tattoo on his back to a German collector, with the understanding it can be exhibited three times yearly, a Zurich gallery said today.

The extraordinary transaction - which gallery owner Jutta Nexdorf claims is the first of its kind - fetched 150,000 ($257,880), with the other main stipulation being that the 35-hour work can be removed from the bearer's skin upon death and handed to its owner.

The owner will also be allowed to sell the tattoo, created by Belgian artist Wim Delvoye and notable for depicting the mother of Jesus with a lifeless skull.

They say it'll be on exhibit, so I guess the guy will be sort of a one-man carnival sideshow several times annually.