Martin Shkreli say it’s “highly likely” many people have a copy of the super rare Wu-Tang album ‘Once Upon a Time in Shaolin’

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Wu-Tang Clan album ‘Once Upon a Time in Shaolin’.It comes after a federal court order in August saw Judge Pamela K. Chen order Shkreli to surrender his copies of the rare Wu-Tang Clan album, which he bought at an auction for $2million (£1.56m).

The judgement stemmed from digital art collective PleasrDAO suing the former pharmaceutical entrepreneur for copying and playing the ultra-rare album without permission in June.Recorded in secret between 2006 and 2013, the project became the most valuable album ever made, and reportedly features contributions from all surviving members of Wu-Tang Clan, as well as two guest appearances from Cher.

The unique copy was housed in a silver, jewel-encrusted box, alongside leather-bound liner notes and a wax seal of the Wu-Tang Clan logo.No digital downloads or streams were made available, and after pressing the CD, the Clan stored it in a high-security vault at the Royal Mansour Hotel in Marrakech, Morocco.

It later went to auction the following year, however, came with the conditions that the purchaser could not commercially exploit the music until the year 2103.The agreement also stipulated that the album could be played at listening parties, and a 13-minute medley was later played to only around 50 art experts, fans and prospective buyers at a one-off event at New York’s MoMa in 2015.When ‘Once Upon a Time in Shaolin’ went to auction, it was bought by Shkreli for $2million.