But it has got people in trouble as well.

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It is thought to be made of a sheep's appendix and features an explicit print representing a nun and three clergymen.and that only two such objects are known to have survived to the present day.Rijksmuseum curator Joyce Zelen told the BBC when she and her colleague first spotted the condom at auction they were laughing.

but noted that the condom was very delicate.The explicit print on this specific object shows the nun sitting in front of the three men with her dress up and her legs apart pointing her finger at the clergymen.

As far as we can tell we are the only art museum with a printed condom.

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