VIGGO MORTENSEN takes mystery blonde stranger to sauna - then wakes up without his testicles
The actor Viggo Mortensen, star of Eastern Promises and A History of Violence, was out drinking at his local bar when an attractive woman approached him and struck up a conversation.
The next thing he remembers is waking up, feeling an acute pain below the waist and noticing blood on his pants.
He said: "I met a girl at the bar and then we went to the sauna for a taxi. I remember that I had a beer, and do not remember any more."
It was only when he arrived at hospital that doctors told him he'd been drugged and his testicles were removed by someone who was an expert in castration.
Russian police who were contacted, believe Viggo was targeted by a criminal gang selling organs on the black market.
Viggo lived in Russia for a short time and was involved in meeting many Russian Mafia members while filming Eastern Promises.
Viggo lived in Russia for a short time and was involved in meeting many Russian Mafia members while filming Eastern Promises.
He added: "I thought it was just a cut but doctors told me my testicles had been removed."
He spent hours in intensive care where doctors underwent a second operation to close the wound.
The skin was originally cauterised and it was a clean cut, so surgeons believe the culprit may have been a doctor or even a vet.
Viggo meanwhile, told his wife he was forced to undergo emergency surgery on his genitals because of a sudden serious illness.