Math::BigInt new does something funny when creating a new object from an existing Math::BigInt object: 
#!perl
use strict;
use warnings;

use Math::BigInt;

my $x = new Math::BigInt 27; 
my $y = $x->new(44); # this is the funny bit
my $z = Math::BigInt->new(99);
exit;

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From the debugger, this is what $y is: 
  DB<1> x $y
0  27=HASH(0x14f15ac)
   'sign' => '+'
   'value' => ARRAY(0xbc9cd4)
      0  44

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Why is the class now '27'? And a print on $y gives: 
  DB<2> p $y
27=HASH(0x14f15ac)

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While the 'value' is right, any further operations with $y are wrong.

Update: Bug reported here.

-QM
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