LEGENDARY Mad Monk of Tobolsk, Grigori Rasputin, is not just known for his healing magic, or his famous assassination.
Thanks to the hit song by Boney M, Rasputin is famed as "Russia's greatest love machine" but what happened to his member?
Where is Rasputin's penis?
Rasputin held a lot of power in the Russian royal court due to his ability to heal the Tsarina Alexandra Feodorovna's son Alexei, who was a haemophiliac.
He had a large number of followers because of this miraculous healing and rumours swirled that he was having an affair with Alexandra.
In 1916, the mystic was assassinated – although the cause of death is disputed – and his body found in the River Neva.
How his penis became detached from his body is unknown and unconfirmed, although legend has it Prince Felix Yusupov cut it off.
The Museum of Erotica in St Petersburg, Russia, claims that they have the pickled penis of the self-proclaimed holy man.
This has been disputed however and the first phallic object was in fact a sea cucumber.
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While this is apparently an easy mistake to make, the current phallus on display is the true mythic member – according to it's owner Dr. Igor Knyazkin.
It's even said to have magic healing powers much like Rasputin himself, curing impotence in those who look at it.
How big was Rasputin's penis?
Famed for not only saving the life of Alexei, Rasputin's legacy is that he was a ladies man.
The pickled penis on display at the Museum of Erotica is 12 inches long.
Legend has it that Rasputin's third leg developed a cult following in the 1920s.
It ended up in Paris, where dedicated followers kept it on ice and was eventually discovered by Rasputin's daughter Maria, who took ownership of it.
She sold it in the 70s and it eventually was bought by Dr. Knyazkin in2000 for a princely sum of $8,000.
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However, Dmitry Kosorotov who performed the autopsy noted in 1917 that the mystic's genitals were intact when his badly damaged body was dragged out the water.
While the truth is likely to remain unknown, the general consensus is that the penis in the pickle jar is probably bovine.
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