The guy that bought it is not an artist, he was just trying to distract from some good-old-fashioned corruption: https://popular.info/p/a-chinese-national-charg

The guy that bought it is not an artist, he was just trying to distract from some good-old-fashioned corruption: https://popular.info/p/a-chinese-national-charged-with-fraud https://popular.info/p/a-chinese-national-charged-with-fraud Based on the coverage of his purchase it seems like he succeeded.