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X-rays showed three 10cm (4in) nails had pierced the man’s skull (Picture: HAP/Quirky China News/Rex)

A man has miraculously survived after apparently hammering three 10cm (4in) nails into his own head.

X-rays revealed that the nails had been hammered through the man’s skull and into his brain – but he made a full recovery following surgery.

The unnamed 69-year-old was discharged on Thursday after spending three months in a hospital in Haifeng County, Fujian province in China, to be treated for what he claims were self-inflicted injuries.


The man insisted that he hammered nails into his own head and that hospital staff should not call police (PIcture: HAP/Quirky China News/Rex)

However, despite maintaining that he hammered the nails in himself, hospital staff believe the injuries must have been inflicted by someone else because of their severity.

The very lucky man insisted police should not be called, and no one has yet been arrested in connection with the incident.