A man was given a welcome surprise when his false teeth turned up in the post – 11 years after throwing them up into a Spanish bin.
The strange return happened to 63-year-old Paul Bishop, who assumed it was a “joke” when they turned up at his door.
And the parcel was covered in Spanish postmarks, too.
The man last saw the fake chompers while celebrating a friend's birthday in Spain in 2011.
Having drunk – a lot – he then downed a pint of cider and proceeded to throw up into a nearby bin.
Despite losing his teeth, he still managed to perform karaoke to Elvis songs.
The Mancunian bought a new set of teeth upon returning to the UK, but now Spanish police managed to locate the original owner using his DNA.
For reasons unknown the man submitted his DNA to British police 15 years ago – although he was adamant that he does not have a criminal record.
And when the long-lost false choppers came back through his letterbox on Wednesday, Paul said he “couldn’t believe it.”
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He said: “When I first saw it, I thought it was some sort of joke, but then I saw the actual letter, which was written in English.”
“It mentioned the Alicante area – well, that’s where I was! Then it mentioned the British council, and I thought: 'It’s genuine, this!'
“It read, ‘Please come back to Spain again, but be careful!’”
He added: “They don’t fit anymore, but they’re still in perfect condition.”
Spanish authorities found the teeth in a landfill site and identified them as a body part, and under the law, they had to return them to their owner.
Spanish authorities and the British council used that biological information to get the teeth to his doorstep yesterday.
He said: “They were put in some storage centre, and a lab technician came across them a couple of months ago, and tried to trace who the owner of the teeth was through DNA.
“This professor working for this national biometric company in Spain sent me a letter with it and the teeth in a little plastic bag yesterday.
He added: "I couldn’t believe it – 11 years ago!”
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