A Pastafarian is someone who wears a sieve on his head.

Lukas Novy from the Czech Republic convinced the government that he needed to wear a sieve on his head because of his religion, the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster, for his official id.

A man who wears a sieve on his head for religious reasons has been allowed to wear his bizarre headgear on his official identity card.

Prankster Lukas Novy, from Brno in the Czech Republic, claims that his Pastafarian faith means he has to wear the sieve at all times.

Officials ruled that turning down Novy’s request would be a breach of the country’s religious equality laws.

Brno City Hall spokesman Pavel Zara explained: ‘The application complies with the laws of the Czech Republic where headgear for religious or medical reasons is permitted if it does not hide the face.’

Novy claims to be a member of the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster, when emerged in the USA as spoof on organised religion.

I wonder if I could wear my tin foil hat on my id?