Surgeons in Russia had to operate after a 12-month-old toddler swallowed more than 40 fridge magnets. The tot's mum panicked when she noticed that all of the magnets from the family's fridge had

"The child had been in the room alone with the magnets and now they were gone. She thought he must have swallowed them," said a clinic spokesman.

Surgeons confirmed her fears when ultrasound scans found 42 magnets in the tot's digestive system.