Banksy Art "Self-Destructs" After Being Sold for $1.4 Million The mysterious artist hid a shredder within the frame of his 2006 painting, Girl With Red Balloon. The piece was sold at the Sotheby's auction for roughly $1.4 million. The moment the bidding closed, a majority of the painting<br />destroyed itself. Banksy posted a clip on Instagram explaining the mystery behind the self-destructing art. It became clear that he remotely triggered the booby-trapped frame to cut his work into shreds. Bansky quoted Picasso on his Instagram post about<br />destroying the art. Picasso Experts believe that Banksy's piece might have ironically increased in value in its half-shredded state
