Tendulkar's blood used in $105,000 biography

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SMILE AND WAVE: Sachin Tendulkar's blood is to be used in a special edition of a mammoth biography of the Indian cricket great.

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Sachin Tendulkar's blood is to be used in a special edition of a mammoth biography of the Indian cricket great, its publishers said.

The Tendulkar Opus is coming out in February, with 10 copies being printed using his blood.

The book is designed to be the ''ultimate tribute to a living sporting legend'', publishers Kraken said.

''The signature page will be mixed with Sachin's blood - mixed into the paper pulp so it's a red resin,'' Kraken chief executive Karl Fowler said, according to The Guardian newspaper.

''It is what it is - you will have Sachin's blood on the page. It's not everyone's cup of tea.''

The 10 ''blood'' copies have all been pre-ordered and cost about $US75,000 (NZ$105,300) each.

About 1000 regular copies, each numbered and personally signed, will go on sale at $US2000 to $US3000.

Each of the 852 pages are half-a-metre square and edged in gold leaf. The publication weighs 37 kilograms.

Previous Opus works have been published on Ferrari, Manchester United, Diego Maradona and Michael Jackson.

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