Lotto multi-millionaire Kursat Yildirim has shocked fans after posting a picture of himself from a hospital bed.

Kursat – known as Chico to his social media followers – became a sensation overnight after scooping EUR 9.9 million (GBP 8.72 million) playing the German lottery.

Now the 42-year-old reformed lag is recovering from a painful hernia op.

Chico said: “I had a navel hernia. Luckily it didn’t cause any pain, but together with my doctor I decided to have it operated on early on.”

He arrived at a clinic in Dortmund at 6am on Monday, 20th March and the procedure was carried out without complications.

And after a brief stay in the recovery room, he was transferred to a regular ward.

Chico was supposed to stay in hospital for three days but doctors gave him the green light to be discharged the same day.

But rather than trust hospital food, Chico got his brother Yunus, 31, to bring him a kebab.

He said: “Everyone was very nice to me, doctors and nurses took care of me touchingly. Before I went to bed, I had to take a few photos with the fans.”

After he scooped his GBP 8.72 million lottery win on 24th September 2022, Chico went on a wild spending spree.

He blew huge sums that involved buying plush homes in Germany and Turkey, a Ferrari and a Porsche, and he has been seen eyeing up a yacht.

But his non-stop spending may have to take a break.

Doctors have ordered him to spend a few days in bed recovering from his op.

He said: “I’m supposed to take it easy for a few weeks.

“Then I will really step it up again, I want to go to the gym regularly.”