A janitor at a British gallery apparently saw the bag of trash and promptly through it away.

A bag of rubbish that was part of a Tate Britain work of art has been accidentally thrown away by a cleaner.

The bag filled with discarded paper and cardboard was part of a work by Gustav Metzger, said to demonstrate the "finite existence" of art.

It was thrown away by a cleaner at the London gallery, which subsequently retrieved the damaged bag.

Over here in the United States, the National Endowment for the Arts spends millions of tax dollars a year on exhibits like this.