A man who bought John Lennon’s tooth at an auction two years ago is now hoping to clone the music icon using DNA from the molar.

“If scientists think they can clone mammoths, then John Lennon could be next,” Canadian dentist Dr. Michael Zuk told The Examiner.

Zuk made headlines when he bought the ex-Beatle’s tooth for $30,000 at auction in 2011. …

Zuk, from Edmonton, Canada, has launched a project to extract the DNA from the rotten tooth which Lennon – who was shot dead in New York in 1980 – gave his housekeeper in the 1970s.