Hirst unveils £50m diamond skull // canavarlar

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Artist Damien Hirst has unveiled a diamond-encrusted human skull worth
£50m - said to be the most expensive piece of contemporary art.

The 18th Century skull is entirely covered in 8,601 jewels, while new teeth
were made for the artwork at a cost of £14m.

The centrepiece of the 41-year-old's creation is a pear-shaped pink
diamond, set in the skull's forehead.

The skull, which was bought from a shop in Islington, north London, is
thought to belong to a 35-year-old European who lived between 1720 and
1810

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