00:02comm: filipino designer, herbert chavez, has taken his love of superman to new levels,undergoing extensive plastic surgery to look like his comic book hero. 00:13but the 35-year-old hasn't always looked like this. over fourteen years, chavez has spentan incredible â£4,500 on his new look, the equivalent of two years wages for the averagefilipino. 00:32and chavez's obsession doesn't look doesn't look like slowing up. he now plans more surgeryto improve his look. 00:48by day, herbert runs a successful clothes
design shop, but once on the streets of hisnative calamba city, herbert is known by his alter-ego, superman. 00:59chavez says he hopes to spread good values to the children of his neighbourhood, butinsists he is no hero himself. 01:17inevitably, chavez draws attention wherever he goes. 01:27according to herbert's mother, the man of steel obsession started at an early age. 01:56decades of obsession has seen chavez earn
a guinness world record for the largest supermanmemorabilia collection. 02:33for now, chavez is content with his status as the world's only real life superman.
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