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Guerrilla artist Banksy, who gained international attention after he hacked the MoMA and the Met, set his sights on a new target — Paris Hilton. At HMV and Virgin Megastores around the UK Banksy replaced Hilton’s CD with his own remixes and given them titles such as Why am I Famous?, What Have I Done? and What Am I For? But it didn’t stop there. The picture on the CD cover was changed to show Paris topless, and the images in the insert were also modified. Over 500 copies of the CD were distributed deposited in 48 record stores. The original barcode was left in tact so that customers would have little to no idea that the CD had been tampered with.

Spokespeople for various stores have said that no customers that they are aware of have complained or returned the doctored CD. This stunt just might explain how Paris’ CD managed to climb to #29 on the UK charts.

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