Punk icon John Lydon has been left scarred for life after 6,000 mosquitoes were dumped on him as part of a documentary he narrated about bugs.

The Sex Pistols frontman told producers he had always hated mosquitoes when he signed up to front Discovery insect series MegaBugs - and they decided to test his dislike for the creatures.

He tells Spin magazine, "I went in a cage with 6,000 of the damn buggers... I punctured my eardrum, and I couldn't walk for a week."

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