Virginity restoration costs €2,000 in a Paris clinic.

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More and more women are undergoing surgery to re-connect their hymens and hide any sign of past sexual activity.

They want to ensure that blood is spilled on their wedding night sheets.

A hymenoplasty reconnects the tissue of the hymen and takes about 30 minutes under local anaesthetic.

Muslim clerics are quick to point out that the virginity issue is not about religion. These are cultural traditions and not related to Shariah law.

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