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Performance artist and ear lover Stelios Arcadiou had serious people implant a third ear in his arm. It’s more of a relief than a working organ, but still.

The Cypriot-born eccentric Stelios Arcadious spent 10 years searching for a surgeon willing to perform the controversial operation.

He got his wish after working as a Research Fellow at Nottingham Trent University’s Digital Research Unit. The ear was grown in a lab from cells and implanted into the 61-year-olds left forearm in 2006.

Mr Arcadious said he thought art “should be more than simply illustrating ideas.” Once the ear has fully developed he hopes to get a microphone implanted as well.

Next thing you know, Stelios would be asking surgeons to stick another penis on his forehead just to keep things interesting.

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