India, Oct. 13 -- Hollywood actor William Shatner recently opened up about the bizarre story of how a kidney stone that he had passed went on the auction block in 2006. The Star Trek star, 95, spoke about the auction on a recent episode of Dropping Names with Brent and Jonny, explaining that the incident took place back in 2006, while he was starring on Boston Legal.

"I have a kidney stone and the guy takes it out, here it is, a little black pellet. Thank God it's gone," Shatner recalled. "A week later, I get a phone call from a Canadian gambling company who, by law, can't advertise. So what they do... they find ways of doing it."

"So, they said to me on the phone, 'We'll buy your kidney stone.' And I thought, 'A bloody kidney stone? It...