Dutch man wins right to keep his amputated leg and turn it into a lamp to raise £78,000 to buy a prosthetic limb

A Dutch man has won the right to take his amputated leg home from a hospital and turn it into a lamp stand.

Leo Bonten, from Spijkenisse in the Netherlands, is hoping his creation will fetch more than £78,000 so that he can buy himself a prosthetic limb. 

The 53-year-old had his right leg leg surgically removed after contracting a bacterial infection when he broke it in an accident in July 2012.