So I am guessing self-satisfaction didn’t just start in the overly sexual generation of ours. A 300-year-old leather sex toy has been found by archaeologists buried in an 18th century toilet. The Dildo is said to be quite thick and rather large, made of leather and filled with bristles which has a wooden tip that has preserved in excellent condition. It was probably dropped by someone in the toilet.

According to Mirror, the eight-inch dildo, with a wooden head, was discovered during an excavation dig at an old school of swordsmanship in Gdansk, Poland.

A spokesman for the Regional Office for the Protection of Monuments in Gdansk said: “It was found in the latrine and dates back to the second half of the 18th century.

Archaeologists at the site earlier discovered old swords leading them to suspect that the place was once a school of swordsmanship.

The sex toy has now been taken away for preservation work.

Dildos have been found in some form throughout history, with Upper Palaeolithic artefacts previously discovered thought to have been used for sexual pleasure.