That's gone down like a ton of bricks: Indian villager is addicted to eating mud, rocks and building blocks... and gets through three kilos of debris a day

This Indian villager is addicted to eating bricks, gravel and mud, stomaching at least three kilos of his surroundings every day.

Pakkirappa Hunagundi, 30, first developed a taste for the seemingly inedible objects at the age of ten.

Ever since, he has snacked on walls and streets of Karnataka, India - and claims to suffer no ill effects. More pics below...........

His mother (right) tries to serve him rice every day, but each time he refuses, telling her he is happy this way

His mother has spent 20 years trying to dissuade her son from eating away parts of their house and village.

But Mr Hunagundi says the the building material tastes 'A1' - an Indian term for the best.

Branding it better than 'divine nectar', he says it is best served with a glass of water.

He said: 'Other than bricks, mud and stones, I don't like anything else. Even if you offer me divine nectar, I won't take it.

'My mother says don't eat all this. She keeps insisting, but even if she gives me chicken fry, I don't eat it. I don't like that at all.

'I need mud and bricks to eat. I can't help my own habit.'