Thousands of Damien Hirst paintings, estimated to collectively be worth £10 million, are going up in flames. #damienhirst #damienhirstnft #uk #british #london #painting #art #artist #nft #nftartwork | Why Is This Famous British Artist Burning $10M Of His Own Paintings? | He told buyers to choose either the £1,800 physical artwork or the NFT representing it. Those who chose the NFTs were told their corresponding physical art would be destroyed. | British artist Damien Hirst is burning hundreds of his own artworks, estimated to collectively be worth £10 million, after selling a series of NFTs. | 5,149 buyers chose to keep the original artworks while 4,851 chose the NFTs, according to London's Newport Street Gallery.