Ben Lovatt's morbid fascination led him to open a store in Canada that sells human and animal remains.

In Toronto, Canada, there is a store unlike any other.

The SkullStore Oddity Shop, owned by Ben Lovatt, sells parts of dead humans, and people are actually buying them.

One of his most popular items was a shrunken head of a child, which sold for CA$25,000 ($26,000).

SKULLSTORE.CA A human skull for sale at SkullStore Oddity Shop.

It seems a morbid way to make a living, but Lovatt told news.com.au selling human parts was originally never part of his original plan.

He started out running an exotic animal rescue and wanted to preserve rare species he came across once they died. He learned taxidermy, so people could have a "trophy" with having to hunting.

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SKULLSTORE.COM A shrunken head sold by the SkullStore.

Somehow, it led to the selling of human body parts, which is not illegal in Canada.

"Our human parts come from a few different places but all human specimens can be summed up in two categories," Lovatt said.

"Medical skulls, typically bleached white and potentially with a hinged jaw, are usually specimens that had their origins as a teaching tool or were sold to art and medical students by their schools.

Ben Lovatt has even sold brains.

"Anthropological human remains are a bit more complicated. In some instances you could be dealing skulls or trophies taken during tribal warfare, dating up to centuries old."

The store's website shows a range of skulls, bones, and torsos, including tribal items from Ifugao in the Philippines, Dayak from Borneo, and the Kapalas from Tibet. Prices for such items are upwards of CA$2400.

There are also shrunken heads from the Shuar people of Ecuador - traditionally used them for trophies, rituals or trade - and an entire section dedicated to ancient Egypt.

People were particularly fascinated with skulls, Lovatt said.

"When you gaze into a human skull you are gazing into yourself. Our hopes, our dreams and our very identity dwell within this thin cradle of bone."

The store's stock would make many squeamish, and Lovatt admits he even feels twisted at times.

"The first time I acquired a human skull it did creep me out a bit but I got used to working with remains as time went on," he told Reddit.

"I am currently selling samples of human brain (and sold a complete brain). It was an interesting experience holding a brain."

Though not illegal in Canada, there have been plenty of dodgy buyers, Lovatt said.

"Conservation and sustainability are the principles I founded my business on, which leads me into all sorts of confrontations against poachers and smugglers and people who simply don't care about the lives of animals, only the dollar figures attached to their corpses," he said.

He told news.com.au he had received death threats, and there was a bounty on head in Cameroon, following a confrontation with a dealer.

But Lovatt's also had his fair share of perfectly legal, but very quirky, customers.

"Some guy had accidentally cut off his finger doing woodworking in his garage. He found it a few days later while tripping out on painkillers and tried to sell it to me for beer money. I declined," he said.