ow, charlie. ouch! ow, charlie! ouch! charlie, that really hurts! 14 years and 885 million views later, the charlie bit my finger video is one of the most viewed clips on the internet, and it s also worth real money. £500,000, or $700,000. that s how much the video has been auctioned for as a non fungible token, or nft. it s a form of digital certificate that s unique proof of ownership, and can be bought and sold like any kind of asset. i m very pleased to say that charlie and harry, who you just saw in that video from 14 years ago, join us now looking a bit older with their dad howard davies carr. if i m right, charlie is on the
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left. harry is on the right. thank you to all three of you. what was it like watching that nft go for auction and that price getting higher and higher? auction and that price getting higherand higher? it auction and that price getting higher and higher? auction and that price getting higher and higher? it was really surreal. higher and higher? it was really surreal- we higher and higher? it was really surreal. we were higher and higher? it was really surreal. we were in higher and higher? it was really surreal. we were in a higher and higher? it was really surreal. we were in a call- higher and higher? it was really surreal. we were in a call with i higher and higher? it was really i surreal. we were in a call with the organisers surreal. we were in a call with the organisers and i think it was open to the organisers and i think it was open to the public as well. just watching them to the public as well. just watching them in to the public as well. just watching them in
department ofjustice to see. ken jenkins, department ofjustice to see. ken jenkins. thank department ofjustice to see. iei jenkins, thank you so much for joining us. jenkins, thank you so much for joining us jenkins, thank you so much for oinini us. . ~ i . stay with us on bbc news. still to come: the video clip viewed around the world now sold as a non fungible token. we ll be speaking to charlie and his older brother, harry. the mother of a 14 year old boy who was stabbed to death in birmingham broke down in tears this afternoon as she paid tribute to him at the scene where he died. dea john reid was killed in the kingstanding area on monday evening. today, a man aged 35 appeared in court charged with his murder. police have tonight also charged a second man and a 14 year old boy with murder. this report from phil mackie contains flashing images. a mother s grief. three days after her son, dea john reid, lay dying herejoan morris came to lay flowers. on monday evening, she said