New Banksy Video Shows How He Pulled Off Shredding Stunt

18 October 2018, 10:13 | Updated: 18 October 2018, 10:14

Banksy has posted a video showing how he managed to shred his Girl With Balloon painting immediately after it was sold at auction.

After a mystery bidder bought the painting for £1.04million at Sotherby's, an alarm went off and the painting slid through a shredder hidden within the frame.

Theories have spread over how he carried out the stunt - and the artist has now released a new video showing some of the secrets.

Banksy's Girl With Balloon is shredded
Banksy's Girl With Balloon is shredded. Picture: Banksyfilms

It shows the secretive artist installing a shredder in the ornate frame before it was put up for auction.

After the winning bid, the video shows someone pressing a remote control, which started the shredding.

Someone presses the remote control to start the stunt
Someone presses the remote control to start the stunt. Picture: Banksfilms

Most experts believed the painting was meant to stop halfway through shredding, an act that actually doubled the value of the artwork.

But interestingly, the video states that it was actually meant to be fully shredded, showing rehearsals in which the full painting was shredded every time.

The buyer has decided to keep the artwork after it made the headlines around the world.

More Latest News

See more More Latest News

The global superstar has reportedly offered seats to her London tour at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium to families in need through food banks across the city.

Beyoncé 'gives away' gig tickets to low-income families after struggling to fill seats at Cowboy Carter London tour

from next month, women aged 25 to 49 in England who are negative for human papillomavirus (HPV) will receive screening invites every five years.

Cervical screening invites to be sent out every five years for some women in new NHS changes

Alex Eastwood

Kickboxer, 15, who died after charity match had fought 34-year-old man week before

Exclusive
The government is to introduce extra measures to protect emergency workers from religious and racist abuse, LBC has learned.

New laws to clamp down on racial and religious abuse of emergency workers, LBC learns

British Police Officers in London England UK

Police officers sacked for gross misconduct to be blocked from joining local forces in drive to improve standards

On Tuesday, the victims' families announced plans for a new garden space outside the Southport Town Hall inspired by their children's "shared love of dance, music and the arts"

Families of Southport stabbing victims to lead £10m town centre regeneration project in memory of young girls

Police have released footage of

Jury shown chilling footage of alleged Hainault attacker unboxing samurai sword used in killing of teen

Lynn King and her husband John  died after driving off a cliff at Alum Bay, close to the Island's famous landmark the Needles, on Friday

Tributes paid to couple killed after car plunges 300ft off cliff on Isle of Wight

Producer behind Brian Cox documentaries dies in mountaineering accident in the French Alps

Producer behind Brian Cox documentaries dies in mountaineering accident in the French Alps

s

Confused runaway zebra takes a spin as it is airlifted to safety after week on the loose

Portuguese police will carry out a new search this week at the request of German authorities investigating the 2007 disappearance of three-year-old Madeleine McCann

Police searching for Madeleine McCann uncover clothing and bones in Portugal dig

Activist Greta Thunberg answers reporters as she arrives from Israel at Charles de Gaulle airport, north of Paris, Tuesday, June 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)

Greta Thunberg speaks out after being 'interrogated' by Israeli authorities

Jobe Bellingham has followed in his brother's footsteps by joining Borussia Dortmund

Jobe Bellingham writes emotional goodbye to Sunderland fans after joining Borussia Dortmund in club record deal

The Right Honourable Sir Sadiq Khan after receiving the Honour of Knighthood during an Investiture ceremony at Buckingham Palace

Sir Sadiq knighted by King Charles at Buckingham Palace

A cleaner is accused of murdering his co-worker and lover at the central London office block where they worked

Missing Colombian cleaner from east London ‘killed by lover colleague and hidden in wheelie bin’

Exclusive
The needs of deaf patients are being "repeatedly ignored".

'I was treated like I didn't matter': Deaf patients left without 'basic accessibility' in NHS and unable to communicate with doctors