Banana artwork bought for $9.6 million eaten by owner
Hong Kong: A cryptocurrency entrepreneur who bought a piece of conceptual art consisting of a simple banana, duct-taped to a wall, for $US6.2 million ($9.6 million) last week, ate the fruit in Hong Kong on Friday.
Chinese-born Justin Sun peeled off the duct tape and enjoyed the banana at a press conference held in the Peninsula Hong Kong, one of the city’s priciest hotels, in the popular shopping district of Tsim Sha Tsui.
Chinese-born crypto founder Justin Sun eats the organic part of a banana artwork composed of a fresh banana stuck to a wall with duct tape, in Hong Kong.Credit: Peter Parks/AFP
“It tastes much better than other bananas. Indeed, quite good,” he said.
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