After video of Banksy’s self-shredding “Girl With a Balloon” hit the web and set the internet on fire, many people claimed that the stunt was fake. That either the painting didn’t really get shredded or maybe the auction house was in on it. Banksy strongly denies these claims and made this short video documenting the process behind the stunt.

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. Shredding the Girl and Balloon – the Director's cut. Link in bio. Some people think it didn't really shred. It did. Some people think the auction house were in on it, they weren't.

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