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Friday 15 October 2021 8:55 am  |  Updated:  Friday 15 October 2021 9:08 am

Watch as half-shredded Banksy picture sells for £18m in London

By: Michiel Willems

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The painting of a young girl holding a red heart-shaped balloon by the elusive British street artist became one of the most famous artworks ever when it attempted to shred itself the moment after it sold at auction in 2018. (Photo by Tristan Fewings/Getty Images for Sotheby's)

A Banksy picture which was half sliced by a shredder concealed in its frame when it was sold at auction fetched £18.4m when it went back under the hammer in the same room in London last night.

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