A controversial German anatomist has stirred outrage after he has started to sell body parts of donated cadavers.
Dr Gunther von Hagens, who gained fame worldwide for hosting television series Anatomy For Beginners, which aired in Australia on SBS, has begun selling off parts of corpses donated to him.
Customers can buy a pair of testicles for $520 or a set of smokers' lungs for $5200 from the anatomist, German newspaper Bild reported.
Famous for reconstructing dead bodies in life-like poses in exhibitions, after patenting the preservation technique of plastination, Dr von Hagens is now selling donated skulls for $940, heads for $2100 and entire corpses for $82,000.
Though it has attracted heavy criticism from the Catholic Church in Germany, Dr von Hagen is not breaking the law by selling the body parts.
People can donate their bodies to Dr von Hagens for anatomical purposes, after which he is free to dispose of them as he wishes, according to German law.
Customers can also buy preserved fish for $720 and preserved chickens for $360 from his 'Plastinarium' in the small German town of Guben.
Dr von Hagens has also announced plans to sell the body parts online.
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