A team of the doctors surgically removed 40 knives from the stomach of an Indian man who spent two months swallowing knives and had 40 of them.

The CNN reported, Dr. Jatinder Malhotra who led the operation, said that, "He had a wild urge to consume metal. Even for us, the experienced surgeons, it was frightening."

"We were so nervous a small mistake could have taken the patient's life. In my 20 years of practice, I have never seen anything like it."

"He (the patient) says he swallowed some knives folded, and some unfolded. When we took out the knives some were found folded, some were open, and some had even started rusting and were broken," Malhotra said.

"I'm sorry I let my family down. I'll be forever thankful to doctors and hospital staff for saving my life," a 42-year-old father of two said.

"I don't know why I used to swallow knives," the patient said. "I just enjoyed its taste and I was addicted how people get addicted to alcohol and other things, my situation was similar."

"I will never do such acts ever again," the patient said. "I'm a new person now."

If the urge does strike, Malhotra and his team gave him some advice "we told him if you ever feel like you need more iron in your body, try spinach."

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