Quoting Picasso, Banksy has released a video showing how he secretly built a shredder into the painting which made headlines around the world when it self-destructed during an auction last week.
Onlookers at Sotheby's in London were stunned when, just moments after selling for more than £1m, the Girl With Balloon painting shredded in front of them, coming out of the bottom of the frame in strips.
Now, Banksy has revealed how he did it.
A video on his official Instagram page shows the device being installed, and says: "A few years ago I secretly built a shredder into a painting…
"In case it was ever put up for auction…"
It does not show how the shredder was activated, but it is thought to have been achieved through a remotely activated mechanism within the frame.
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