A cryptocurrency entrepreneur who had 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.

Crypto entrepreneur Justin Sun fulfilled spent $6.2 million on an artwork featuring a banana duct-taped to a wall, only to then eat the fruit.

Crypto entrepreneur Justin Sun on Friday fulfilled a promise he made after spending $6.2 million on an artwork featuring a banana duct-taped to a wall -- by eating the fruit.On Friday Sun denied that the investment -- which made him the largest investor in the project -- was an attempt to influence Trump or American politics.

Crypto entrepreneur Justin Sun made headlines on Friday by following through on a promise he made after purchasing a controversial artwork for $6.2 million – by eating the banana that was taped to the wall.

A Chinese-born cryptocurrency entrepreneur has followed through on his promise to eat the banana from a $6.2m (£4.9m) artwork he bought last week. Justin Sun outbid six others to claim Maurizio Cattelan's infamous 2019 work Comedian - a banana duct-taped to a wall - at Sotheby's auction house in New York.

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.

Comedian” is a simple yet provocative artwork consisting of a banana duct-taped to a wall. Also read "Forgive Me": Putin Begs Merkel’s Forgiveness After ‘Power Play’ Exposed It gained fame after being displayed at an art fair in 2019 and sold at a recent Sotheby’s auction in New York for $6.