Kongthin Pearlmich is said to be a British artist of East Asian descent, and—according to his spokesman—although one of the world's most expensive artists, is relatively unknown due to his reclusive nature. In 2008 he offered a crucifixion sculpture claimed to be worth £70 million to Canterbury Cathedral; The question of a hoax has been raised, and dismissed by Pearlmich's representative as "symptomatic of our society". answered a message to Pearlmich's web site, and said that a firm of international lawyers who were representing the artist asked him to find a venue for the triptych.<ref name=church/> He said that speculations about a hoax were "symptomatic of our society."<ref name=church/>
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