Friends and neighbours of farmer Tao Lu had rushed to his property in Yanan township in Nanning city in southern China after news spread of the mutant pig.

Local Wu Kung who posted his images said: “I was one of a dozen people went there to see the piglet, and it really did human face and exactly like he said, a willie growing out of its forehead.”

News_Image_File: Piglet … A farmer says he was inundated with cash offers for a pig born with a human face. Picture: Australscope.

He said it was alive and squealing but didn’t live long after being rejected by the mother and refusing to feed from a bottle.

Farmer Tao said he was amazed because he received phone calls from collectors prepared to pay a large sum of money for the animal.

“It was a large litter, and the mutant was one of the last of 19 piglets to be born.

“All the others were normal, just this one was really bizarre. It is a shame it died, I could have got more money for it them for the rest of the family put together based on what people were offering me on the phone.”

He said they had wanted to put the mutant pig on display to attract visitors.