Hirst's £10 Million Skull

Damien Hirst's latest art work, now under construction, sees wealth and death in a stand-off. The Love of God will be a life-size platinum cast of a skull covered entirely in diamonds - 8,500 of them. In the centre of its forehead will be a 55-carat diamond, worth between £4m and £5m. The cost of the raw materials alone will be £10m. "It's almost like cash against death," Hirst says. Irish Art