A science-mad schoolboy was forced to undergo life-saving surgery after swallowing 54 magnet toys as an 'experiment' to see if he'd become magnetic.
Rhiley Morrison, 12, chomped down the magnetic balls on two separate occasions as he was curious to see if it would make metal stick to his tummy - and what they'd look like when he passed them.
But when the metal balls didn't make an appearance four days later, the worried lad confessed to his mum Paige Ward, 30, that he swallowed two 'by accident'.
After she rushed him to hospital, doctors x-rayed him and were stunned to discover 54 of the powerful magnet toys in his stomach and bowel.
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