Eighteen-year-old Kimberley Vlaminck paid £55 for 'the graffiti that has ruined my life' in her Belgian home town of Courtrai.

Scarred from life: Kimberley Vlaminck shows her tattooed face. The 56 stars will cost £8,500 to remove

She claimed the Romanian tattooist who performed the artwork misunderstood her French and English. 

She claims she fell asleep while he was doing his work... and awoke to 'this nightmare'.

But today, Rouslan Toumaniantz - himself covered from head to foot in tattoos and piercings - said he would help pay for treatment to remove the tattoos.

'I maintain that she absolutely agreed that I tattoo those 56 stars on the left side of her face,' he told newspaper La Derniere Heure.

'A witness, a woman who was present, has already been questioned by police, and she confirms it.

'But be that as it may: Kimberley is unhappy and it is not my wish to have an unsatisfied client. There is a way to remove the tattoos with the help of a laser. I accept to pay for half the cost.'

Rouslan claimed Kimberley was happy with the work when she left his shop in Coutrai but changed  her mind when her father saw the stars. 

'She's 18 years old, she's an adult,'  he said. 'I don't regret it. To tell you the truth, this has given me some  publicity.