He might have been the worlds oldest man, but it turns out he might not have been the oldest human.

BBC NEWS | Middle East | World's 'oldest' person in Israel

"According to Mrs Amash, she was born 120 years ago - a claim, if confirmed, that would make her the oldest person in the world."

""Yes, I am the oldest person in the world," she says, her family crowding around her.

"I eat, I drink, and I take showers. I hope to keep going for another 10 years.""