Hong Kong heiress sues gallery owner Pearl Lam over Banksy painting


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The 2005 painting 'Show Me The Monet' by Banksy is a 'remix' of a masterpiece by Impressionist painter Claude Monet. Photo: Handout

An heiress of the Hong Kong beverage giant Vitasoy International is suing prominent gallery owner Pearl Lam, saying she has paid £500,000 pounds (RM2.7mil) for a Banksy painting that was never delivered, according to a court writ filed this week.

Karen Lo, whose grandfather founded Vitasoy which specialises in soy milk and juice drinks, said Lam falsely represented that she had bought Banksy's Show Me The Monet painting on Lo's behalf, according to the writ.

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