Actually, Banksy meant to shred the whole painting. Now it's likely worth much more.

Guess this shows Banksy's definitely not a "glass is half full" kind of guy.
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Actually, Banksy meant to shred the whole painting. Now it's likely worth much more.
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In a 'Director's half cut' uploaded on YouTube, Banksy revealed the secret shredding mechanism he had installed inside the frame of a copy of “Girl With Balloon.”

It was supposed to shred the whole canvas, but seems to have gotten stuck. So what happened at the auction was the coincidental creation of a new work of art.

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