Munich court overturns ban on Body Worlds

Body Worlds can go ahead this weekend in Munich, a court has ruled, throwing out a ban imposed by the city council which ruled that the show of preserved corpses was an offence against human dignity and in bad taste.

The court yesterday overturned the ban on condition that Body Worlds organisers withdraw some of its most eye-catching exhibits and cut the range of souvenirs on sale when it opens to the public today.