The world's hairiest man has lost his claim for 200,000 yuan (25,000 U.S. dollars) in compensation from World Carnival (Beijing) Company for the unauthorized use of his image on the company website.

Yu Zhenhuan, a 29-year-old rock singer from northeast China's Liaoning Province but better known as having 96 percent of his skin covered by hair, sued the amusement park company for using his image for commercial use without his knowledge. He demanded the image to be taken off the website, a printed apology and 200,000 yuan for psychological damage.

Yu, who entered the Guinness Book of Records in 2002, visited the carnival in Beijing in August last year. He allowed staff to take photos of him for he was given some free entertainment.

An intermediate people's court of Beijing adjudged that the photos had been used to help increase the profits of World Carnival Company and ordered the company to print an apology on its website.

However, it rejected Yu's compensation claim, citing a lack of evidence of psychological trauma caused by the publication of the images.