Value of Belly Dancer's Butt

A German belly dancer can no longer perform or go swimming because "a plastic surgeon accidentally sucked away one of her buttocks." As a result, she sued and was awarded $24,000.

Julia 'Cleopatra' Meyer, 38, from Munich, wanted slimmer thighs and instead ended up with half her bum missing.

The court heard that during the liposuction the plastic surgeon, not named, from a private clinic, had removed fat from her right buttock instead of her thighs.

She said: "I had been unhappy with my saddlebags, the fat stored in the outer thigh area. Because of the local anaesthesia I did not realise what he was doing.

"When I saw afterwards that half of my bum was missing I almost fainted. It had been completely sucked away."

Interestingly, this case establishes a general precedent for the value of your average belly dancer's hurdies -- approximately $48,000. Regarding the actual incident, however, I find it hard to believe that a doctor could remove half of someone's caboose accidentally.