A roofer spent two nights in A&E after his party piece of swallowing a pound coin went badly wrong.
Greig Irvine's bizarre trick has previously always gone to plan as nature took care of the coin after a few days.
But at a house party on Saturday night, the 22-year-old managed to get the pound stuck fast in his gullet.
Greig, from Drumchapel, Glasgow , was warned he faced surgery to remove the coin but doctors were able to push a flexible tube down his throat and gently remove the object.
An X-ray clearly shows the stuck coin, which was preventing Greig from eating anything.
He revealed on Twitter : "Canny believe am heading to A&E cause av swallowed £1 when on it Saturday n canny eat cause it's stuck in ma chest."
Alongside an image of his x-ray he said: "Better get it back."
After spending yesterday in hospital as a result, he captioned another image of himself wearing a gown: "I have a season ticket for A&E."
An hour and a half later, he uploaded a new image showing a pound coin in the palm of his hand with the caption: "Got it back."
Greig revealed that he has only done his 'party trick' since the introduction of the 12-sided pound coins but they have never caused him any problems before.
Speaking today he said: "It normally goes right down and comes out a week later in the toilet but this time it's got stuck in my gullet.
"I tried to eat on Sunday and choked on the food so came to hospital because I was too scared to sleep myself in case I choked in my sleep."
Greig says he was instructed by the hospital to stop drinking water so they could treat him effectively.
He today confirmed that the coin had been extracted from his gullet. He said: ''They went down with a camera and pulled it out. I'm getting out of hospital this morning.''
Kourtney Gibson responded: "You need to find a new party trick."
Barry Sullivan commented: "Let us know if there's any 'change'."
And Twitter user Pickles replied: "Hopefully your body will break it down and you'll s*** out twenty 5p pieces."
Since revealing it was dislodged, Connor Spalding joked with Greig: "Dare you to swallow it again."
