Meet UK’s most tattooed man: 80% covered in ink including 1 eye-ball (PHOTOS)

Tats crazy … 80 per cent of his body is covered with ink
Meet Britain's most tattooed man – he's blown more than £20,000 on them including one on his EYEBALL.

Barmy Mathew Whelan loves tats so much he's even legally changed his name to 'Body Art'.
Obsessed … he first got inked aged 16
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And the 33-year-old former wrestler, from Birmingham, says when he dies he wants to leave his body to a museum.

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.

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

How he was … Body Art as a schoolboy when he was still called Mathew
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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."