A businessman downed a bottle of wine during a boozy evening then bid against himself - for a huge £20,000 14ft statue he bought on a whim.
Company boss Gareth Palmer, 62, from Derby, was on eBay when he came across the work called Twisting by the Pool by renowned Scots sculptor Malcolm Robertson last October.
Gareth liked what he saw and began making offers but was shocked when the price rocketed - before realising he was using two of his own eBay accounts to bid against himself.
