Only Fools and Horses fan sat through 50 hours of pain and spent £3,000 to get tattoos of the show’s characters

AN Only Fools And Horses fan really put his back into it  to pay tribute to the classic  sitcom.

Dean Paine sat through 50 hours of pain and spent £3,000 to get tattoos of the show’s main characters.

The chef, 31, from Wickford, Essex,  also turned up for his wedding in a yellow three-wheeler.

Dean said: “I’ve been a fan since I was a boy. Uncle Albert took the longest  because of all the detail of his big white beard but Grandad was the most painful as it is right on my spine.”

He designed the body art himself using colour photos of Del Boy, Rodney, Grandad, Uncle Albert, Boycie and Trigger.

Dean has met every living member of the cast of Only Fools and Horses apart from Rodney, played by actor Nicholas Lyndhurst. He said: "It is my dream to meet Rodney and I hope one day someone can help me fill that."

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