Report: Market shut down for putting googly eyes on fish to make it look 'fresher'

A fish market in Kuwait reportedly put fake eyes on a fish to make it look "fresher."Pictures of the bizarre-looking fish were first spotted on WhatsApp. BBC News reports images have been shared by local bloggers and newspaper Al Bayan. One image shows the fake eye slipping off to reveal the less-than-appetizing truth. Al-Bayan reported that Kuwait’s Ministry of Commerce shut down the store after the images went viral and the shop was identified.One Twitter user quipped: "Never judge the freshness of fish by the googliness of their eyes."The Australian Broadcasting Corporation reported that a rival fish market responded to the controversy by announcing that they only sold fish “without cosmetic surgery," featuring an image of a fish and a selection of colored contact lenses.In July, another fish shop in Kuwait was accused of putting nails in fish to increase their weight.

A fish market in Kuwait reportedly put fake eyes on a fish to make it look "fresher."

Pictures of the bizarre-looking fish were first spotted on WhatsApp. BBC News reports images have been shared by local bloggers and newspaper Al Bayan.

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Kuwaiti police has shut down a fish store that was sticking googly eyes on fish to make them appear more fresh than they are. :-)

via Al Bayan newspaper, @bayan_kw. pic.twitter.com/CcPa73fDQh — Mohamed El Dahshan (@eldahshan) September 1, 2018

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My personal hero for today is the Kuwaiti fishmonger who got done for sticking googly eyes on fish to make them look fresher. pic.twitter.com/44l32a1TTR — Pádraig Belton (@PadraigBelton) September 1, 2018

One image shows the fake eye slipping off to reveal the less-than-appetizing truth.

Al-Bayan reported that Kuwait’s Ministry of Commerce shut down the store after the images went viral and the shop was identified.

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وزارة التجارة تغلق محلا لبيع الأسماك يضع عدسات مزيفة للأسماك لتبدو على انها طازجة! pic.twitter.com/RCj7roilWT — جريدة بيان الكويتية (@Bayan_kw) September 1, 2018

One Twitter user quipped: "Never judge the freshness of fish by the googliness of their eyes."

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Never judge the freshness of fish by the googliness of their eyes. https://t.co/hW50lwpwCz — Matthew Dalby (@MatthewJDalby) September 1, 2018

The Australian Broadcasting Corporation reported that a rival fish market responded to the controversy by announcing that they only sold fish “without cosmetic surgery," featuring an image of a fish and a selection of colored contact lenses.

In July, another fish shop in Kuwait was accused of putting nails in fish to increase their weight.