Watch out, Jamie Hince. Our antihero, Pete Doherty, has sent a message to his ex-girlfriend, Kate Moss, by shelling out £5,000 for a highly unflattering painted portrait (by “artist” Sam Shaker) of the supermodel.

Doherty actually commissioned the work when he and Moss were still a couple last May – but never paid the £300 Shaker charged for it.

After splitting up with Moss, Doherty went to the club to get it to give to her as an apology, but he did not have any money on him. It hung on the wall for a year and Shaker considered auctioning it for charity – until Doherty finally came to claim it. Shaker decided that the work had rocketed in value and charged Doherty more than 16 times the original bill.

But Doherty, who was performing alongside DJ Peaches Geldof, was obviously feeling flush as he also snapped up a painting of himself with Paul McCartney, and one of his new best friend Amy Winehouse, wrapping up all three pictures in a bin liner. Doherty, who was as grubby as ever with dirty fingers and wearing a Burberry check shirt – an item popular in “chav” circles – looked happy about his purchase as he left the club with his friend carrying the paintings.

Ahh…. nothing quite says “expensive art” like one’s wrapping of three newly-purchased masterpieces in a trash bag.

In the meantime, Pete has posted yet another bizarre YouTube video, which shows Pete and an unidentified friend bitching about the Daily Shite Mail. Both Pete and pal, who looked a bit like Drew McConnell but probably isn’t him, have their faces blurred out in the video. I guess they’ve gone incognito or some shit. Video below:

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