Boy, 14, drinks petrol in hope of turning into machine boy!

New Delhi, July 24 (ANI): A young boy from Sichuan Province was so inspired by the action film 'Transformers' that he has been drinking petrol for five years to turn into a machine like fighter.

The 14-year-old, who resides in in Xingwen county, has been consuming gasoline since 2004, when he first saw the film, the China Daily reports.

Chen Dahai, the boy's father, revealed that his son started drinking the fuel in cigarette lighters before he started consuming jars of gasoline.

A doctor has diagnosed that the boy is suffering from "some mental disorder". (ANI)