9:35am UK, Friday August 27, 2004

A lump of chewing gum spat out by Britney Spears is up for sale on eBay.

But website bosses had to change their description of the "piece of pop history" after they realised it flouted their Human Body and Remains policy.

Britney's chewy is a "piece of pop history"

The original advert said: "For you budding scientists out there, this means Britney's DNA is all over this piece."

The revised description was changed to: "I am now allowed to list this item with a few alterations to my wording.

"This is the chance to own a piece of pop history...right from the mouth of the pop princess."

The gum, complete withteeth marks, was collected in an airtight container after the star, 22, spat it out in the foyer of a London hotel.

EBay said that originally the selling point had been the DNA the gum offered but that would have contravened the site's rules on selling anything connected to the human body.