A man's penis has been left permanently disfigured after he got it stuck in a padlock.

Padlock

Padlock

The unnamed male, from Bangkok, Thailand, was bored at home during lockdown so decided to insert his privates into the lock.

However, he lost the key and his penis became swollen and disinfected as the days went by.

The man's mother eventually phoned the emergency services and doctors were forced to remove the padlock from his genitals.

Rescue officer Thongchai Donson says the injury was "worse than expected" and says the man was lucky things weren't worse.

He said: "It was worse than we thought. If the padlock had stayed on for any longer, the infection could have been so bad that his penis would have started to rot and get gangrene.

"In the hospital, he was in pain and screaming so loudly because it was so swollen.

"Removing the metal was very difficult.

"We can't give the man's name but we want to make the news public to prevent other people from doing this kind of thing.

"It can be very dangerous and damage the body."