QUIRKY WORLD ... Man who swallowed 40 knives goes under knife

INDIA: Doctors in northern India have surgically removed 40 knives from the stomach of a man who had swallowed them over the past two months, one of the physicians said.

The 42-year-old man is recovering in a hospital in Punjab state after undergoing surgery in which doctors removed the knives — some folded and some with exposed blades up to 18 centimetres (7 inches) long.

Dr Jatinder Malhotra, who assisted during the five-hour operation, said the man, who works as a police constable, was apparently suffering from a psychiatric disorder and is being counselled.