Andrei Molodkin claims to have amassed 16 pieces of art in a 29-ton safe containing a “very corrosive” material, with a combined estimated value of over $45 million.
Andrei Molodkin claims to have amassed 16 pieces of art in a 29-ton safe containing a “very corrosive” material, with a combined estimated value of around $45 million (£42.77 million).
Within the vault lie boxes holding the artwork and a pneumatic pump that connects two white barrels, one filled with acid powder and the other with an accelerator that, according to Molodkin, has the power to create a chemical reaction powerful enough to reduce the contents of the safe to rubble.
The “Dead Man’s Switch” project has the support of Assange’s wife Stella, whose husband is currently awaiting his last appeal against being extradited to the United States, where he is expected to face charges under the Espionage Act.
The founder of Wikileaks is wanted in the United States for allegedly plotting to acquire and reveal information related to national defense after hundreds of thousands of leaked documents about the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq were made public. The 52-year-old rejects any misconduct.
His last appeal will be heard in the London High Court on February 20 and 21, after he has been detained in London’s Belmarsh prison for nearly five years.
