Damien Hirst burns his own art after selling NFTs

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To play this video you need JavaScript enabled in your browser. < /figure>By Steven McIntoshEntertainment reporter

Damien Hirst began burning hundreds of his own works after selling a series of non-fungible tokens (NFTs).

The artist told buyers who purchased pieces from his latest collection to choose either the physical work or the NFT that depicts it.

Those who chose NFTs were told that their corresponding physical coin would be destroyed. better than I expected."

The performer was dressed in silver metallic jumpsuit pants and a matching safe y gloves as he collected each piece and burned it in a contained firebox.

It has been estimated that the burned works are collectively worth nearly 10 million of pounds sterling.< /p>