Maradona's fake penis later stolen from a museum
The prosthetic penis Maradona used to fake drug tests ended up in a museum, from which it was later stolen and never recovered.
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First Port Stanley, Now This?? (with The Upshot!) | The History of The World Cup (Part 3/4)
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Jun 15, 2026
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With drug testing introduced in the 1980s, Maradona faced a practical problem: he was consuming industrial quantities of cocaine. His solution was the Whizzinator — a prosthetic penis filled with the urine of his infant son, used to fool supervised drug tests [1] — Horatio Gould "Maradona's fake penis later stolen from a museum: The prosthetic penis Maradona used to fake drug tests ended up in a museum, from which it…" 35:31 . The hosts learn in real time that the device is a real, commercially available product — still sold today — and spend several minutes examining the product range, including its colour variants and accompanying accessories. Mike Tyson also allegedly used the same method. The original Whizzinator allegedly used by Maradona eventually made its way into a museum before being stolen in a break-in, never to be found again [2] — Horatio Gould "Maradona found with 500g of cocaine in Argentina: After fleeing Italy, Maradona was busted in Argentina with approximately 500 grams of coc…" 52:35 . The hosts remark that Pickles the dog, famous for finding the original World Cup trophy, is unfortunately dead.
Maradona's Fake Penis and the Whizzinator
Maradona used a prosthetic penis — a device later marketed as the Whizzinator — filled with baby urine to pass drug tests throughout his Napoli years. The original fake penis eventually ended up in a museum, from which it was stolen and never recovered.
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