Ananova:

A Prague lawyer has been granted a pardon after trying to sell what he claimed was the Czech president's hip joint on e-Bay.

Premysl Donat, 54, was arrested after trying to sell the joint which he claimed was given to him by doctors at the hospital where president Vaclav Klaus underwent a hip replacement operation in May.

He asked for a starting bid of £1,200 and bidding had reached £20,000 when police swooped.

They later changed the investigation from a theft probe to a fraud investigation after the president's office said the joint was not Mr Klaus's.

But the president has now pardoned Donat. A spokesman for the president's office said: "We want to bring this undignified game to an end."