The Canadian Mint Made A Spoof Of The Viral Banana Art & Says It's Worth Even More (PHOTO)

Over the weekend, the art world was rocked by a piece known as "Comedian" by Maurizio Cattelan. The artwork was nothing more than a banana duct-taped to a wall. It sold for $120,000. The sale of the artwork drew plenty of disbelief and commentary. Even the Royal Canadian Mint's Instagram account had something to say about it.

A new photo by the nation's Mint, which was posted on December 9, depicts the simple yellow fruit taped to a blank white wall (although with scotch tape instead of duct tape). Also taped to the banana is a single toonie, which they say makes it worth $2 more.

"$120,002 #bananaart" the caption simply reads. It's a pretty cute and totally Canadian way to poke fun at the art world and the original piece.

The Canadian Mint's Instagram post drew comments from people who thought the post was really funny, but also others who were still in shock about the sale price of the original artwork.

"I still absolutely cannot get over the fact that someone was willing to pay $120,000.00 for A BANANA HUNG ON THE WALL WITH A PIECE OF TAPE!!!" wrote Instagram user halfbloodnativetx.

"lmfao even Canadian mint is throwing shade" wrote meghan_otoole.

Cattelan's original work was intended to offer "insight into how we assign worth and what kind of objects we value," according to an Instagram post about the piece from the Perrotin Gallery.

While the piece sold for $120,000, it technically no longer exists, because another artist actually ate the banana.

"It wasn't vandalism, it was art performance from me and absolutely I am not sorry," performance artist David Datuna said during a press conference. He called his own performance of eating the banana, unsurprisingly, "hungry artist."

The couple who bought the original artwork, Billy and Beatrice Cox, told Page Six that they recognized the absurdity of the artwork, but "ultimately we sense that Cattelan’s banana will become an iconic historical object."

The couple also said that the banana on their own wall will be replaced every two days.

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