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A 65-year-old man was having injections into his manhood when he started having a heart attack.
21:19, Thu, Jan 29, 2026 Updated: 21:24, Thu, Jan 29, 2026
(Stock image) The billionaire did not survive the operation to make his penis bigger (Image: Getty )
A surgeon whose billionaire diamond-dealing client died during penis enlargement surgery has been given a suspended sentence. Belgian-Israeli Ehud Arye Laniado, a keen bodybuilder, was having injections into his manhood to increase the size when he suffered a fatal heart attack in the Saint-Honoré-Ponthieu clinic in Paris' 8th arrondissement.
Mr Laniado's death was investigated by French prosecutors, and initially a manslaughter case was opened; however, this was quickly changed to charges of failure to assist a person in danger, drug offences, and practising medicine without a licence.
It was discovered Mr Laniado, 65, had been taking chemicals used to fight erectile dysfunction and banned substances in the lead up to his death. His star surgeon, known as Guy H, was known for operating on wealthy clients and he treated Mr Laniado two to four times a year in procedures costing tens of thousands of euros.
(Stock image) The billionaire died after having surgery to enlarge his private parts (Image: Getty )
A Paris court on Wednesday suspended Guy H's licence and sentenced him to 15 months behind bars. His assistant surgeon, who had been standing in for him on the evening of Mr Landiado's death, was handed a 12-month suspended sentence.
French newspaper La Parisien reports the pair have been permanently banned from practicing medicine and must pay €50,000 (£43,323) and €20,000 (£17,329) respectively.
A source told the publication: "When investigators looked into the cause of death, the injection into the penis was quickly ruled out.
"The question remained why the surgeon had made an initial call for help at 8pm, before a second call, this time to the fire department, two hours later."
(Stock image) The man died after an operation on is manhood in Paris (Image: Getty )
The defendants initially claimed the first call had been made due to Mr Laniado's irritable behaviour and him insisting to have the injections, despite complaining of abdominal pain.
The source continued: "It's easy to say in hindsight that the heart attack started there, but since the patient had an ulcer, it was impossible to consider a heart problem, and emergency services wouldn't have been called out for such a minor issue."
The surgeon attempted CPR but it was not enough to save his patient's life. His lawyer Martin Reynaud added: "This cardiac incident could have happened anywhere, even in a pizzeria. Would the pizza maker have been prosecuted in that case?"
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While the death occurred in shocking circumstances, an unnamed Parisian practitioner said the incident did not come as a surprise.
They said: "This will still cause a stir in a clinic that relies on its name, its techniques, and where the entire family works. But this affair will surprise no one; in these upper echelons of cosmetic surgery, they often bend the rules."
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