Justin Sun, the Chinese Cryptocurrency entrepreneur who bought an artwork featuring a banana taped to a wall for $6.2m (£4.9m), has eaten i

A cryptocurrency entrepreneur who bought a piece of conceptual art consisting of a simple banana, duct-taped to a wall, for $6.2 million last week ate the fruit in Hong Kong on Friday.

Justin Sun, 34, gobbled up the pricy piece of fruit at a press conference in Hong Kong on Friday, days after he forked out an eye-watering $6.2 million for the piece.

Justin Sun described Maurizio Cattelan's infamous 2019 work as "much better than other bananas".

The conceptual art piece was sold at a Sotheby’s auction in New York last week, with crypto entreprenuer Justin Sun among seven bidders.

HONG KONG: Crypto entrepreneur Justin Sun on Friday (Nov 29) fulfilled a promise he made after spending US$6.2 million on an artwork featuring a banana duct-taped to a wall - by eating th

HONG KONG (AP) — A cryptocurrency entrepreneur who bought a piece of conceptual art consisting of a simple banana, duct-taped to a wall, for $6.2 million last week ate the fruit in Hong Kong on Friday.