“A few years ago, I secretly inserted a shredder into the picture in case it ever happens at an auction,” the video notes.

On the frames published by him, one can see how a person standing with his back to the camera inserts the chopper into the frame.

Under the video itself, the artist left a note: "The desire for destruction is also a creative motivation."

It became known earlier that after the last blow of the hammer, the work sold for £ 1,042 million ($ 1.4 million) began to be destroyed by a device for grinding paper hidden in a frame.