The masterpiece "Comedian" by Italian visual artist Maurizio Cattelan was stolen over the weekend from the Centre Pompidou-Metz museum in France. However, it was replaced quickly, thanks to the humble banana that actually makes up the artwork. The crescent-shaped centrepiece of "Comedian" is worth a whopping $6.2 million, meaning the thieves landed a pretty sweet deal. The banana stuck with a silver duct tape is the attraction of Cattelan's work. A guard for the Centre Pompidou-Metz noticed the banana was missing on Saturday. The museum officials informed the police, and a criminal lawsuit was filed. The "Comedian" debuted in December 2019 at Art Basel in Miami Beach, Florida, where it sold for $120,000, triggering shock and awe in the art world. Cattelan had bought the fruit for a mere 35 cents from a 74-year-old vendor outside Sotheby's.<h2>Every time someone ate the banana from Comedian</h2>The banana has been replaced multiple times since then, some of which made headlines. A year ago, a visitor was found eating the banana, saying he was hungry. Cattelan said he was disappointed that he did not eat all of it. "Instead of eating the banana with its skin and duct tape, the visitor just consumed the fruit," he said. Performance artist David Datuna ate "Comedian" in 2019, giving the same reason of being "hungry" while inspecting it at the Miami show. South Korean student, Noh Hyun-soo, also removed it and gobbled it up when it was on display at Seoul’s Leeum Museum of Art. Chinese-born crypto founder Justin Sun bought the artwork for $6.2 million in 2024 and then ate it in front of cameras.Also Read: <a href="https://www.wionews.com/world/a-35-cent-banana-was-sold-for-62mn-the-artist-didnt-even-offer-to-help-the-poor-vendor-780197">A 35-cent banana was sold for $6.2mn. The artist didn't even offer to help the poor vendor</a>&nbsp;The banana is routinely replaced since it is perishable. Cattelan says that his artwork is a commentary on the art market. He has criticised it in the past for being speculative and failing to help artists. Cattelan is also known for producing an 18-carat, fully functioning gold toilet called "America" that was offered to Donald Trump during his first term in the White House. &nbsp;

 The famous banana from "Comedian" by Italian visual artist Maurizio Cattelan was stolen from a French museum this weekend. However, it was quickly replaced after the bandits managed to take off with the $6.2 million artwork.

The masterpiece "Comedian" by Italian visual artist Maurizio Cattelan was stolen over the weekend from the Centre Pompidou-Metz museum in France. However, it was replaced quickly, thanks to the humble banana that actually makes up the artwork. The crescent-shaped centrepiece of "Comedian" is worth a whopping $6.2 million, meaning the thieves landed a pretty sweet deal. The banana stuck with a silver duct tape is the attraction of Cattelan's work. A guard for the Centre Pompidou-Metz noticed the banana was missing on Saturday. The museum officials informed the police, and a criminal lawsuit was filed. The "Comedian" debuted in December 2019 at Art Basel in Miami Beach, Florida, where it sold for $120,000, triggering shock and awe in the art world. Cattelan had bought the fruit for a mere 35 cents from a 74-year-old vendor outside Sotheby's. Every time someone ate the banana from Comedian The banana has been replaced multiple times since then, some of which made headlines. A year ago, a visitor was found eating the banana, saying he was hungry. Cattelan said he was disappointed that he did not eat all of it. "Instead of eating the banana with its skin and duct tape, the visitor just consumed the fruit," he said. Performance artist David Datuna ate "Comedian" in 2019, giving the same reason of being "hungry" while inspecting it at the Miami show. South Korean student, Noh Hyun-soo, also removed it and gobbled it up when it was on display at Seoul’s Leeum Museum of Art. Chinese-born crypto founder Justin Sun bought the artwork for $6.2 million in 2024 and then ate it in front of cameras. Also Read: A 35-cent banana was sold for $6.2mn. The artist didn't even offer to help the poor vendor The banana is routinely replaced since it is perishable. Cattelan says that his artwork is a commentary on the art market. He has criticised it in the past for being speculative and failing to help artists. Cattelan is also known for producing an 18-carat, fully functioning gold toilet called "America" that was offered to Donald Trump during his first term in the White House.

The famous banana from "Comedian" by Italian visual artist Maurizio Cattelan was stolen from a museum in France this weekend. However, it was quickly replaced after the bandits managed to take off with the $6.2 million artwork.

$6.2 million 'banana' from bizarre artwork stolen again, criminal lawsuit filed

In a bizarre twist of events, a woman from the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh went missing from her home in Auraiya. This case took a surreal turn when her family found a snake skin on her bed, along with her clothes. Connecting the dots, the family prematurely concluded it to be a case of metamorphosis. Indian soaps with ‘naagins’ (cobra) as the lead character could have possibly been the source of this imaginative plot. Human-to-serpent transformations are not a rarity on these shows.&nbsp;&nbsp;But as the matter was brought to the police, an investigation was ordered. During the probe, authorities found that 24-year-old Reena had eloped with her lover, who is a resident of the same village. The couple reportedly eloped on the intervening night of Sunday and Monday, while the planning had been on for much longer.&nbsp;&nbsp;The case seemed twisted at first as Reena left behind a misleading trail of planted evidence, which led her family to believe she had transformed. Reports suggest she had been planning this for about three months and had been making claims that she saw snakes in her dreams. This may have tricked her family and neighbours into believing the story she loosely sketched.&nbsp;<h2>Investigation and big revelations</h2>&nbsp;The police traced the 24-year-old from her mobile, which led to her lover, who had also gone missing the same night. Reena is the youngest among six siblings and was to be married soon, as her family had looked for a match. Unwilling to go ahead with her family’s choice, she may have considered this her safest alibi.&nbsp;Along with the snake skin, Reena had also kept bangles and rings, and was carrying an idol of the serpent god she had recently brought from the Sheshnag temple in Mainpuri.

A 24-year-old woman named Reena from Auraiya, Uttar Pradesh, staged a bizarre 'Naagin' transformation, leaving a 5-foot snake skin on her bed, to elope with her lover and avoid an arranged marriage.

In a bizarre twist of events, a woman from the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh went missing from her home in Auraiya. This case took a surreal turn when her family found a snake skin on her bed, along with her clothes. Connecting the dots, the family prematurely concluded it to be a case of metamorphosis. Indian soaps with ‘naagins’ (cobra) as the lead character could have possibly been the source of this imaginative plot. Human-to-serpent transformations are not a rarity on these shows. But as the matter was brought to the police, an investigation was ordered. During the probe, authorities found that 24-year-old Reena had eloped with her lover, who is a resident of the same village. The couple reportedly eloped on the intervening night of Sunday and Monday, while the planning had been on for much longer. The case seemed twisted at first as Reena left behind a misleading trail of planted evidence, which led her family to believe she had transformed. Reports suggest she had been planning this for about three months and had been making claims that she saw snakes in her dreams. This may have tricked her family and neighbours into believing the story she loosely sketched. Investigation and big revelations The police traced the 24-year-old from her mobile, which led to her lover, who had also gone missing the same night. Reena is the youngest among six siblings and was to be married soon, as her family had looked for a match. Unwilling to go ahead with her family’s choice, she may have considered this her safest alibi. Along with the snake skin, Reena had also kept bangles and rings, and was carrying an idol of the serpent god she had recently brought from the Sheshnag temple in Mainpuri.

A 24-year-old woman named Reena from Auraiya, Uttar Pradesh, staged a bizarre 'Naagin' transformation, leaving a 5-foot snake skin on her bed, to elope with her lover and avoid an arranged marriage.

'Naagin' act: UP woman elopes with lover, leaves snake skin on bed to escape arranged marriage

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$6.2 million 'banana' from bizarre artwork stolen again, criminal lawsuit filed

'Naagin' act: UP woman elopes with lover, leaves snake skin on bed