A senior French surgeon could be gearing up for a legal battle and a possible disciplinary action after trying to use a patient’s X-ray to cash in on the current NFT mania.

Emmanuel Masmejean wanted to market the Xray of a Bataclan concertgoer, who was injured in the attack on their music hall. Probably carried away by the NFT rave, the orthopedic surgeon reportedly attempted to sell the image as a digital collectible without the patient’s consent.

In the NFT, the Kalashnikov Bullet is seen in the left forearm. OpenSea had it on sale for $2776

The incident was confirmed on Saturday by the head of Paris’s public hospitals Martin Hirsch. He labeled the actions of the surgeon as “disgraceful” and “scandalous.”

This is a violation of sound professional practice. It puts medical confidentiality at risk.

When asked to comment about his decision to list the image as an NFT, Masmejean said the sale was “an error.” He regretted his failure to seek the permission of the patient.

Her identity as a patient was not revealed. Her boyfriend, however, was apparently killed in the Bataclan attacks. Masmejean’s description on OpenSea said that the patient “had an open fracture of the left forearm with a remaining bullet of Kalashnikov in soft tissues.”

Meanwhile, the victims’ association Life for Paris released a statement saying that it “stood alongside the victim of the attack who is today the victim of stupidity … by a ‘doctor’ who has evidently forgotten his ethical code.”

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