I've heard this before but I'm sure on the "Burn A Million Quid" film or on the Omnibus
Documentary for the BBC there is a close up camera shot of the bank statement showing the
£1,000,000 withdrawal
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> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>cant we ask the bank of England?</FONT></DIV>
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> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=klf@mailman.xmission.com
> href="mailto:klf@mailman.xmission.com">All bound for Mu-Mu Land.</A> </DIV>
> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, July 16, 2008 6:16
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> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [KLF] KLF burn £1,000000
> retired quid</DIV>
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> <P></P>Highly unlikely. The Bank of England has its own facilities for
> disposing of expired bank notes, they're hardly likely to give to The KLF to
> dispose of. The Great Train Robbery was a somewhat successful attempt to
> intercept out of circulation notes on their way to the incinerator. I
> would imagine the Bank of England would be fairly upset about the fairly
> slapdash execution, given that some notes only partially burned were found
> down the coast.<BR>
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> face=Tahoma size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> Don Gagen
> [mailto:DGagen@EnsembleStudios.com]<BR><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, July 16, 2008
> 12:59 PM<BR><B>To:</B> 'All bound for Mu-Mu Land.'<BR><B>Subject:</B> [KLF]
> KLF burn £1,000000 retired quid<BR><BR></FONT>I can't believe no one has
> commented on this. Is it old news or just fake? In case you were wondering I
> lurk quite a bit now. ...KLF also famously set fire to £1,000000 which
> according to James Drummond, Bill's son and fellow THFC supporter, was real
> money but actually money that was out of circulation. KLF got it for a very
> small transfer fee from the Bank of England just to destroy...So now you
> know!" http://www.killyourpetpuppy.co.uk/post86/?p=17 "A designer knows he
> has achieved perfection not when there is nothing left to add, but when
> there is nothing left to take away." Antoine de Saint-Exupery. DON GAGEN
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> On Behalf Of Stephen Ives Sent: Sunday, February 17, 2008 12:14 PM To: All
> bound for Mu-Mu Land. Subject: [KLF] From the Kill your Pet Puppy zine..
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