Fame stops smiling on 'Buckteeth Brother'

It has been said before and it is worth repeating: Fame is a drug, and once you are addicted it is hard to give up. Take the case of Zhang Yong, a 21-year-old jewelry design student in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, who six years ago became an Internet celebrity because of his prominent front teeth - he looks like a human rabbit.

Also known as "Buckteeth Brother", Zhang recently turned up on a TV show claiming he did so because he wanted to prove to people that he was still alive. This is the feeling people who exist in the elevated oxygen of publicity often get when their 15 minutes of fame are over.

Zhang's buckteeth were once the source of mirth for millions and served as the basis for countless Photoshop parodies, including one with the Titanic as the background.