Website seeks female cadaver

July 22, 2005 - 11:22AM

An advertisement on a Peruvian government website for small businesses is offering 2070 soles ($A832) for a woman's corpse.

The ad was placed by the science and health department of the National University of Cajamarca, which wants a body for medical students to study.

The university solicited offers for a cadaver "by direct competitive purchase" on the website of the government office for supporting small businesses, with offers being accepted until July 22.

But university official Jose Nino said the offer to buy a body was mistakenly placed openly on the website, "due to a technical error".

According to Peruvian law, only morgues can supply cadavers to university medical faculties.

