Elephant’s painting of herself and friend sells for Rs 4 lakh in Thailand; Watch

Talk about sudden fortunes, a painting by Thailand’s 9-year-old elephant was sold for whopping 4 lakh rupees. Nong Thanwa, an expert elephant from Maetong Elephant Camp in Chiang Maiz Thailand painted a picture of herself and her friend, which was sold for approximately $5.5k (about Rs. 4.10lakh) in an online fundraiser for elephants on July 7.

A New York-based news organization NowThis shared a video of Thanwa on its Twitter handle. In the video, we can see Thanwa painting a picture of herself and her friend Dumbo. The painting also includes texts, ‘TW loves Dumbo’. She used her trunk to hold the paintbrush and completed the picture according to the directions of her trainer. The completed painting was a beautiful silhouette of TW and her friend Dumbo.