MEET Britain’s Most Tattooed Man

MEET Britain’s most tattooed man - he’s blown more than £20,000 on them including one on his EYEBALL.

Tats crazy ... 80 per cent of his body is covered with ink


Barmy Mathew Whelan loves tats so much he’s even legally changed his name to ’Body Art’.


Obsessed ... he first got inked aged 16


And the 33-year-old former wrestler, from Birmingham, says when he dies he wants to leave his body to a museum.


Donation ... he wants to give his body away when he dies


He said: “I’ve got so much respect for the history of body modification.

“It’s an art and a culture and when a group of kids stare at me, I’ll talk to them and explain the history of it.

“People who do what I do treat their body like a temple. Like Christian’s have Jesus, we have our bodies.

“I’m fully aware of the risks involved. For my eyeball, I went to the opticians beforehand and got several opinions.

“When I die I want to leave my body to a museum or a member of my family.

“There’s someone in Canada who has already asked if he can have my skull to use as a paint pot.”

Body Art first wanted a tattoo aged nine after seeing his Dad’s and Uncle’s.

But it wasn’t until he was 16 that he got his first - a British Bulldog with a blank scroll.

He’s now set up a non-profit organisation called Modify to help people with body modifications get jobs.

Body Art - who volunteers for the Liberal Democrats in his spare time - added: “I don’t see why someone should be discriminated against just because of the way they look, so I want to help those people as much as I can to find employment.”