Irish Artist Uses €1bn Worth Of Shredded Euro Notes To Build House

Dublin artist Frank Buckley used €1.4bn worth of decommissioned and shredded notes to build a three-room house. The house, consisting of a bedroom, bathroom, and living room was built as a statement about the crisis the European economy is in as well as Ireland's uncontrolled construction boom that helped contribute to the global crisis.

The bricks used for the house are made from discarded notes from the Mint. Each brick is 'worth' around €50,000 and, according to Buckley, not only make a decent structural material, but also insulate the property remarkably well. 

Ironically, as the Irish Times reports, since the old currency was given to him, Buckley's single-largest expense in building his house made of money was some wallpaper. It cost him about €35.