Norwegian who called himself ‘The Eunuch Maker’, 46, admits carrying out castrations and livestreaming the shocking footage to a paying audience over six-year period

• Marius Gustavson livestreamed mutilations to paying customers over six years
• He made up to £200,000 over a six-year period
• He had his own penis, nipple and leg removed 

A Norwegian who called himself ‘The Eunuch Maker’ has admitted to carrying out castrations and livestreaming the footage to a paying audience over a six-year period. 

Marius Gustavson, 46, carried out extreme body modifications, including the removal of penises and testicles.

The operations were filmed and uploaded to Gustavson’s ‘Eunuch Maker’ website which subscribers would pay to watch.

He made up to £200,000 over a six year period.

The practice is linked to a subculture where men become ‘nullos’, short for genital nullification, by having their penis and testicles removed.

Marius Gustavson, 46, (pictured) carried out extreme body modifications, including the removal of penises and testicles.

Former nurse Nathaniel Arnold, 46, (pictured) removed body parts from Gustavson and is due to be sentenced on January 12

Jacob Crimi-Appleby, 23, (pictured) froze Gustavson’s leg causing it to require amputation and admitted causing GBH with intent

The group are likely to have been inspired by asexual Japanese illustrator Mao Sugiyama

The sick scheme involved up to 29 extreme body modifications, the removal of body parts and the trade in body parts with eight other men.

What is a ‘nullo’? 

A ‘nullo’, also known as a ‘smoothie’, is someone who has undergone extreme body modification by having their genitals, and sometimes also their nipples, surgically removed.  

Though the procedure is mostly done by men, there are women who also voluntarily have their vagina stitched closed and clitoris removed. 

There are said to be amateur ‘cutters’ in the UK and all over the world, but many will go to the United States for surgery. 

A clinic in California charges around $10,000 plus hospital fees.  There are clinics in Mexico a hospital who are willing to do a no-questions-asked castration.

Experts believe that there are around 10,000 to 15,000 voluntary eunuchs, and that over more than half of them used DIY surgery or a cutters’ services.  

Gustavson is now wheelchair bound after his leg was frozen and then amputated. He has also had his penis and nipple removed.

He appeared at the Old Bailey today via video link from HMP Belmarsh and admitted three further counts of causing grievous bodily harm with intent.

Gustavson previously admitted conspiracy to commit grievous bodily harm, two counts of causing grievous bodily harm with intent and one count of possessing criminal property, namely money.

He also admits making and distributing two indecent videos of a child between January 2017 and January 2020.

David Carruthers, 60, who formerly worked as a surgical assistant, and Janus Atkin, 37, from South Wales, also appeared in court today.

They deny conspiracy to commit grievous bodily harm.

A trial date is set for 4 March 2024.

Romanian Ion Ciucur, 28, who works in a hotel in Gretna Green, Scotland, has admitted conspiracy to cause grievous bodily harm by taking part in a castration by clamping and one other modification.

He is said to be ‘part of Gustavson’s inner circle’.

German Stefan Scharf, 61, is charged with conspiracy to cause grievous bodily harm.

He is accused of taking part in a single procedure by removing a testicle in an apartment in Camden, London, in July 2019.

He will enter a plea on 12 January.

Former nurse Nathaniel Arnold, 46, Jacob Crimi-Appleby, 23, and Damien Brynes, 36, removed body parts from Gustavson and are due to be sentenced on 12 January.

Arnold, Crimi-Appleby and Brynes admitted causing grievous bodily harm with intent.

Crimi-Appleby froze Gustavson’s leg causing it to require amputation, Brynes removed his penis while Arnold was involved in the partial removal of his nipple.

Arnold also admitted stealing Lidocaine while working as nurse at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital between January 2016 and January 2022, and possession of extreme pornographic images.

Gustavson’s alleged ‘right-hand man’ surgeon Peter Wates, 66, has admitted conspiracy to commit grievous bodily harm.

He was said to have a major role as surgeon in a large number of procedures.

Japanese artist Mao Sugiyama became a famous ‘nullo’ in 2012 after having his genitals removed, freezing them and then cooking and serving them at a banquet

Diners at the exclusive Tokyo banquet either got Sugiyama’s cooked genitals or beef or crocodile meat

Carruthers’ partner Ashley Williams, 31, has admitted causing grievous bodily harm with intent to Atkin at his home in Newport, south Wales, on 7 November 2017.

Japanese artist was the first ‘nullo’ after tweet offer back in 2012 

Artist Mao Sugiyama shocked Twitter ten years ago posting the words ‘Please retweet. I am offering my male genitals (full penis, testes, scrotum) as a meal for 100,000 yen… I will prepare and cook as the buyer requests, at his chosen location.’

The price was slashed when it was decided to share the groin-grown grub between a number of people. 

Tokyo illustrator Sugiyama honoured the deal and had the genitals cooked up for five people at £160 a head.

They were devoured at a 70-strong banquet in the Suginami ward, where the other lucky diners were treated to beef or crocodile.

Laid on were other attractions which included musical entertainment and a panel to talk about the meal.

The unusual dish was said to have been served up with a button mushroom garnish. 

Sugiyama went on a one-month sex binge before the operation to make full use of the body parts before they were eaten.

A series of tests were carried out to make sure they had no venereal diseases before they were scoffed by diners.

Gustavson, Scharf and Ciucur are remanded in custody with the others are on conditional bail, including curfew and residence.

Crimi-Appleby, of Epsom, Surrey, Arnold, of South Kensington, and Byrnes, of Tottenham, admitted causing GBH with intent.

Scharf, of no fixed address, is charged with conspiracy to cause GBH with intent.

There are an estimated 10,000 to 15,000 voluntary ‘Nullos’ worldwide, though the true number is unknown.

Astonishingly, two thirds never tell anyone they have no genitalia, including their families, a 2014 academic study found.

Many of the ‘cutters’ – slang for those who carry out the procedure – are from a medical background. Those who have had their genitals removed also claim that vets are known to do it.

One man, named William, previously told the Daily Beast that he decided to spend the money to do it in a hospital.

He said: ‘The risk of something going wrong is extremely high.

‘I also don’t wish to look like Frankenstein at the end of the procedure’.

A castrated vicar, named Benedict, said: ‘It’s nowhere near as weird and difficult to try to become a eunuch now as it was 30 years ago.

‘Now, we have doctors who don’t even blink when you say you want to just remove your testicles, or just add a vagina. I never saw this coming’.

The most famous modern ‘Nullo’ is Japanese artist Mao Sugiyama, who had his penis and testicles surgically removed by a physician in March 2012 before charging diners. He has also had his nipples removed.

They had been certified free of infections and were frozen for two months before being served up at a banquet in Suginami, a residential area in western Tokyo.

After initially offering to cook his penis for a single guest for £800, he ended up charging five diners £160 each to eat the meal, which was garnished with mushrooms and parsley. Police went on to charge him with indecent exposure.

Sugiyama, who goes by the nickname HC, said he had initially considered eating his own penis – but decided to serve them up instead.

He cooked the genitalia, which were removed in early April 2012 shortly after his 22nd birthday, himself while being supervised by a chef.

Sugiyama put on a traditional chef’s outfit, before carefully seasoning and braising the genitals on a portable gas cartridge burner.

Guests were made to sign a waiver so he could not be held responsible if they became ill.

Sugiyama’s initial post on Twitter read: ‘I am offering my male genitals (full penis, testes, scrotum) as a meal for 100,000 yen (£800). I’m Japanese.

‘The organs were surgically removed at age 22. I was tested to be free of venereal diseases. The organs were of normal function. I was not receiving female hormone treatment.

‘First interested buyer will get them, or I will also consider selling to a group. Will prepare and cook as the buyer requests, at his chosen location.

‘If you have questions, please contact me by DM or e-mail.’

In total around 70 people attended the event in the Suginami ward of Tokyo. While five people tucked into Mao Sugiyama’s genitalia, the rest of them ate beef or crocodile.

It was reported that the five people who ate the unusual showpiece dish were a married couple, a Manga artist, a woman, 32, and an event planner, aged 22.

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