The brother of a man who is in a Thai hospital, after a scooter crash, has escaped being tattooed after offering to auction his body as a blank canvas on Trade Me.
A Christian childcare centre won the bid and asked that he go unmarked.
Kane Kenzie, 28, was tryingto raise funds to bring his injured brother, Sean, 27, home.
Sean has been stuck in a Bangkok hospital for three weeks with severe injuries including broken ribs, a broken jaw, punctured lungs and a split liver after a taxi van hit him from behind while he was riding a scooter.
Treatment to save his life cost more than $16,000 and his family have been told it would cost $50,000 for ongoing treatment and a flight back to Wellington.
