An American is attempting to sell on eBay the soul of a whale that died two weeks ago in the river Thames.

However, the Internet auction site says it can't sell items that people don't own and will remove it from the site, reports Reuters.

But the vendor insists he is in possession of the soul.

"I was accompanying the poor whale in his last journey, and he handed his soul to me. He asked me to sell it, so I could invest the money raised in other bottlenosed whales," said the Minneapolis seller to Reuters.

Other items related to the doomed whale have also gone up for sale on eBay. The watering can used to hydrated the whale as rescuers tried to send her back to sea was sold for $3,600.

Another vendor is attempting to sell water from the area of the river the whale swam through.