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An Australian man who thought he was getting a Yin and Yang symbol tattooed on his back ended up with an image of a 40-centimetre penis instead.

Queensland police have charged the 21-year-old tattooist from Bundamba, near Ipswich, with two counts of assault, occasioning bodily harm and one offence relating to the public safety act.

Police say the man argued with the tattooist before getting the tattoo done, and was then tattooed with an image of a penis and a misspelled slogan implying the man is gay.

Ipswich Detective Constable Paul Malcolm said the victim was mortified.

  

“The victim wasn’t interested (in a tattoo) at first but he was talked into it and he said he wanted a Yin and Yang symbol with some dragons,” Malcolm told the Queensland Times.

  

“The bloke started doing the tattoo and there was another bloke standing there watching saying, `Mate, it’s looking really good.’

  

“He was told not to go out into the sun and not to show anyone for a few weeks.”

But police said the victim showed the new tattoo to his girlfriend straight away and she told him the bad news. 

  

“When he got home he showed it to the person he lives with and she said: `I dont think it’s the tattoo you were after’.”

It will cost the 25-year-old alleged victim about $2500 to remove the lewd tattoo.

The 21-year-old tattooist will appear in court on November 15.

SOURCE: tvnz.co.nz