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A set of photographs circulated online show Peng Shuilin, a Chinese man who lost the lower half of his body in an automobile accident in the town of Shenzhen in 1995. Surgeons were able to save his life by closing up his bottomless torso, but his weakened condition required him to remain largely immobile in a horizontal position. After years of building up his strength, Peng was fitted with specially made bionic legs attached to a casting that allowed him to regain a substantial degree of mobility: The Telegraph reported of Peng in January 2008 that: In November 2009, the Australian Daily Telegraph reported that Peng had opened his own bargain supermarket, called the Half Man-Half Price Store.
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