Student becomes millionaire after selling selfies 'as a joke' - and hasn't told parents
dailystar.co.ukBitcoin, thousands of people have been cashing in on the NFT craze which lets you buy the digital rights to artwork.But the craze is growing so fast that even people who never planned to make a penny are benefiting.
That's at least the case for 22-year-old Indonesian student Sultan Gustaf Al Ghozali, who has accidentally made over $1 million (£733,500) selling his selfies as NFTs.Ghozali, who collected almost 1,000 selfies from the age of 18 for a timelapse video project called 'Ghozali Everyday', said he thought 'it might be funny' if NFT collectors bought his pictures.
But he never expected to become a millionaire.Ghozali, who began selling the selfies for cryptocurrency on NFT auction site OpenSea in December, said: "I never thought anybody would want to buy the selfies, which is why I only priced them at $3."After a celebrity chef bought some and promoted Ghozali on social media, more than 400 people rushed to purchase the pictures, which show a largely expressionless Ghozali sat in a chair.
By last weekend, Ghozali had made hundreds of thousands of pounds—and still hasn't told his parents. Ghozali told AFP: "To be honest I still haven't got the courage to tell my parents, they would be wondering where I got the money from."The computer science student, who now has almost 40,000 followers on Twitter, has been providing regular updates on the auctions.
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