A man's smelly feet caused police to raid his home after neighbors reported the smell of a rotting body.

Police said the "nauseous stench" was found to be coming from his feet and a pile of unwashed socks.

Police broke into the home of Johannes Helmut, 41, in Kaiserslautern, Germany, and found him asleep in bed.

Neighbors, who had not seen him for a week, believed that he had died because of the smell coming from his home.