World's most-pierced man denied Dubai entry, accused of 'black magic'

Rolf Buchholz has 453 piercings, 278 of those 'in the genital area'

A 53-year-old German man who holds the dubious title of being the 'world's most pierced person' has been denied entry to Dubai after border officials accused him of 'black magic'

(We muse that it also may have been something of a nightmare for him to get through the airport metal detectors).

(Rolf Buchholz, without the forehead horns. Picture via Twitter)

The much-pierced German - who also has two horns protruding from his forehead - had been booked to appear at an upmarket nightclub in the Gulf state, which regularly features performances from "stilt walkers, midgets, contortionists, tattooed dancers, jugglers, drummers, burlesque dancers, sword swallowers, magicians and fire eaters".

However he was stopped by immigration officials at the airport in Dubai on August 15 and refused entry. Local daily Al-Emarat Al-Youm said he was put on a flight to Istanbul.

On the way back home. Dubai I will never come back!!!

— Rolf Buchholz (@rolf_de) August 15, 2014

Body modification fan Buchholz said that he had been told by officials that 'black magic' was the reason behind their refusal.

At the end I got an answer why I can't enter Dubai: The Immigration thought I am Black Magic. Stupid people.

— Rolf Buchholz (@rolf_de) August 16, 2014

“It’s the first time I had problems getting into a country,” he told BBC radio yesterday.

(Buchholz in Dubai airport in a picture posted to his Facebook profile)

Buchholz, from Dortmund, was named 'World's Most Pierced Man' by the Guinness Book of Records in 2012, when he had 453 piercings, including 158 around his lips.

According to Guinness, He has 16 in his right ear, 15 in his left ear, 25 in his eyebrows, eight in his nose, 94 in and around his lips, two in his tongue, eight in the rest of his body, three in his nipples, four in his navel and 278 in the genital area (!).

A spokesperson for the Cirque Le Soir nightclub where he had been scheduled to appear - as part of his act he suspends himself in the air with ropes and hooks through his skin - said he had been refused entry for "security reasons".

“It was a shame that Rolf couldn’t join us this time,” the Wall Street Journal quoted the spokesperson as saying.