Shah Alam, a 74-year-old Bangladeshi fruit vendor in Manhattan, was shocked to discover that a banana he sold for 35 cents was later auctioned off for $6.2 million at Sotheby's auction house as the centerpiece of artist Maurizio Cattelan’s artwork called "Comedian.

The Upper East Side fruit vendor who sold a $6.2 million banana for pennies is still feeling rotten over his end of the deal. Shah Alam, 74, recently learned that a piece of his produce was used in Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan’s piece titled “Comedian” — taped to a gallery wall and sold at auction last week for the eye-popping price of $5.

Shah Alam doesn’t remember exactly which of the dozens of bananas he sold last Wednesday ended up being taken across the road, taped onto a wall and bought for $6.2 million (£4.9 million).