Man hatches egg after sitting on it for three weeks

Dubai - Nine more eggs remain to be hatched.

Remember the French artist who got himself entombed inside a 12-tonne boulder for a week?

Abraham Poincheval has now pulled off another stunt, when he hatched an egg after sitting on 10 of them for three weeks.

Poincheval has been on public display inside a glass case in the Palais de Tokyo modern art museum since March 29, and can be seen checking on the eggs every few minutes via the museum's live youTube feed, The Telegraph reported.

While the first egg hatched earlier this week, he must continue to remain in the glass case until the remaining nine eggs hatch as well.

"It's been really tough for him. He has slept sitting on the eggs. It's been a lot harder than being shut inside the rock," a spokeswoman for the museum told AFP news agency.

Among the hardest things Poincheval has had to face during this experiment is the heat inside the glass, as a temperature of 37 degree Celsius must be maintained at all times for the eggs to hatch.

Poincheval is not a stranger to such extreme stunts. He once spent a fortnight inside a bear carcass eating worms and insects, and navigated the Rhone river inside a giant corked bottle.