The man who bought John Lennon's molar two years ago – Canadian dentist Michael Zuk – is seeking headlines again, putting out a press release and launching a website indicating his intention to extract DNA from the tooth with the lofty goal of cloning the legendary musician.
In the mid-1960s, John Lennon gave one of his extracted molars to his housekeeper for disposal — but that was just the beginning of the tooth's extremely odd journey. He then suggested she pass the tooth to her daughter, who was a big Beatles fan, and the artifact stayed in the family until November 2011, when it sold at auction for more than $30,000.
In August 2012, Zuk permitted his sister to use a fragment of the tooth in a work of art. (She placed the bit of tooth in a clay sculpture of Lennon's likeness.) It also toured the U.K. to promote awareness of the dangers of mouth cancer.