Mind blown

That's a good theory

... I thought it was common knowledge that art purchases are used to cover money transfers for narcotics and other smuggling due to the difficulty of "accurately" valuing art.

It’s actually true. The painting industry is known to have ties to organized crime to launder money.

That's a ping pong table

So if I also do a kindergarten painting like that I'll get a million bucks?
Alrighty.

Fun fact!!
The CIA sponsored the modern art movement in the Cold War to create a unique “American” art form