Some things only happen in China. And this is one such thing. A man had his penis stuck in a pipe for two whole days before he finally decided to seek medical help.

And not surprisingly, the man, named Lian Tien, a resident of Quanzhou City, came up with possibly the world's most bizarre excuse as to how his penis got stuck in the pipe - he said he was painting in the nude and slipped.

Tien, 61, said his private parts got stuck in the pipe which is used to take water from the building's air conditioning unit.

Why he stayed with the pipe stuck around his manhood for two days is because he thought no one would believe his story. However, he had to seek medical help when he developed a fever and called doctors who in turn called the fire brigade.

Doc Dewei Yuan said: "The member had swollen so much that there was nothing more we could do, and we had to ask for help."

It took the firefighters four hours to cut off the pipe around Tien's genitals.

An embarrassed Tien said: "It was hot so I was painting the wall in the nude, and I slipped on the floor causing my private parts to fall inside the pipe that was protruding from the wall to take water outside from the air conditioning unit. Unfortunately, I got stuck as a result."

"I thought that no-one would believe me and I tried everything I could think of to get the damned thing off once it got stuck.

"I cut it from the wall and tried pouring oil and liquid soap down the sides but my manhood was so tightly wedged that nothing dripped down.

"I went to sleep thinking that if I relaxed it would slide off. But it didn't. It began to get red and inflamed. I was worried that I would get a terrible infection."