Fork remains in man's stomach for 10 years

Lee Gardner, a man from UK played with  fork in his mouth and accidentally swallowed it whole.

He then went to the doctor about the accident. The expert said that it'll just pass his system. He forgot it for 10 years.

Gardner, 40 was rushed to the hospital at South Yorkshire for severe stomach pain. Doctors operated and they were surprised that the 9-inch fork was still inside of him and scratching the lining of his stomach.

What's more surprising is that the fork already darkens.

In an interview by the BBC, Gardner, said he never had any stomach problems.

I can't believe it. I have never had any problems with my stomach except once a couple of years ago I remember thinking I felt like something had lodged when I bent over awkwardly.

But the advice at the time was that it would just pass through my system, and as that was so many years before I really didn't think it could be the fork.

Doctors spent 45 minutes to remove the fork.

Gardner is now recovering from the operation.