Heard about the London based Nepali who is now the largest seller in Ebay in UK. Why on earth would someone change their name?

A Nepalese man who moved to London as a teenager has been confirmed as Britain's biggest seller on the online auction website eBay.

Sudip Gautam, now known as Dario Lopez, came to England in November 2002 with his mother to join his father.

He set up a mobile phone accessory company which now has a staff of 13 and an annual turnover of more than £3m.

Mr Lopez has opened his first shop in London and aims long term to set up a chain of stores across the world.

An eBay spokeswoman confirmed him as the site's biggest individual seller - despite intense competition from chain stores - with more than 600,000 sales in under five years.

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Originally from the district of Gulmi, about 250km (155 miles) west of Kathmandu Mr Lopez began his business at the age of 13.

"I lied to my mother by saying that I needed to pay for something and used her credit card to register a website," he told the BBC.

"If I'd told her that I needed £10 to register a website domain name, she wouldn't have let me use the card. It was enough to enable me to start selling sim cards on eBay in 2004."