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A well-known Chinese writer is to go under the knife to become a William Shakespeare look-. The Shanghai Daily newspaper that best-selling author Zhang Yiyi will undergo ten operations in the next ten months. After the surgeries he will be the spitting of Britain’s most famous writer. Mr Zhang said he wants to “ the people across the world ” one of the world's greatest ever playwrights and literary . The cost of the plastic surgery will be $150,000 – the same as the royalties he earned for his book. Zhang justified the surgery and cost, saying: "Life is a process of striving to become a better person. I think the surgeries are the money."

Zhang Yiyi’s upcoming surgeries have become a talking in China. He is already a controversial after he compared himself to China’s philosopher Confucius. Many Chinese believe he is simply an attention while others believe he has the right to spend his money the way he wants. He is set to become the most cosmetic surgery patient since Michael Jackson. Zheng Churong, the head of the of surgeons who will perform the operations, reporters that the surgeries would not be so . He said Zhang’s face is the right , with a “sharp nose” and “deep eyes”. The big question on everyone’s lips is whether Zhang’s new look will prompt him to as well as Shakespeare.