Doctors in Toulouse, France detected a World War I-era shell in the intestines of an 88-year-old man, reports Le Figaro newspaper.

This man had gone to hospital complaining of discomfort in his rectum and reported having a foreign body there.

During the removal of this object, the surgeon identified it as a World War I-era ammunition measuring about 16 centimeters long and 4 centimeters in diameter.

The patient will have to give an official statement about where he had obtained this ammunition.

The authorities, however, will not bring any criminal charges against this man.