According to ladbible, Dan Smith – not his real name – calls himself a ‘collector of weird things’ and says he purchased the painting at a flea market from a woman who even warned him that the painting was bad news.  Failing to heed her warning, he bought it anyway. Honestly, look at the thing, it’s not even a good piece of art. Now, Dan regards his choice as an ‘ultimately bad decision’ and claims the painting has had a detrimental effect on his life.  He says the picture of the two terrifying dolls originally reminded him of ‘rebirth’ but now he believes it ‘only represents the end of things.’ If that’s not selling it to you, perhaps his eBay description might.

Spoiler: it won’t. It reads: "BEWARE CURSED Vintage Painting Dolls Art Creepy Eerie WARNING 1967.

"The woman at the flea market warned me before buying this and I will warn you – no good can come from this painting. I didn’t think much of it at the time and just assumed she was one of those oddball dealers hawking their wares for cheap. "As for the painting, it looked adorable, with two innocent-seeming dolls portrayed in it… but she was right - don’t be deceived.