Deepak Kumar Paswaan who was operated on a year ago to free him of his parasitic twin poses for a photo graph at his residence on September 25 2011...
{"Image ImageDescription": "BIHAR, INDIA - SEPTEMBER 25: (EXCLUSIVE COVERAGE) Deepak Kumar Paswaan, 7, who was operated on a year ago to free him of his parasitic twin, poses for a photo graph at his residence on September 25, 2011 in Buxar, Bihar, India. He used to be known as \"The Eight-Limbed Boy\" - but today Deepak Paswaan looks like any other lad following dramatic surgery. Deepak, seven, was taunted as a \"devil\" and \"a freak\" due to a parasitic twin jutting from his stomach. Born in Bihar, India, Deepak spent his young life carrying around the under-developed legs and arms of what would have been his twin in a normal pregnancy. The appendage made it look like seven-year-old Deepak had four extra limbs. But in June 2010 top doctors at the Fortis Hospital Bangalore agreed to operate on Deepak for free, saving his impoverished family the ?50,000 it would have cost otherwise. Footage from the sensational four-hour surgery will be shown on Channel 5 on Thursday night (Oct 6) in Eight-Limbed Boy: Extraordinary People, at 9pm. Deepak beamed: \"I can run faster than my two elder brothers - before I could never keep up. I really like my new body. It's much more fun. I am very happy.\" (Photo by Richard Grange / Barcroft India / Getty Images)"}