Grant regrets selling Elizabeth Taylor painting

Hugh Grant has revealed that he regrets selling Elizabeth Taylor art.

London: Hollywood star Hugh Grant has revealed that he was drunk when he bought the painting of veteran Elizabeth Taylor which made him "rich" but now regrets selling the art.The `Notting Hill` star was lauded as an art connoisseur when he bought the work by Andy Warhol USD 3.2 million and was praised as a master of timing when he sold it six years later for USD 20.8 million, a news website reported.

But the star has now admitted that his windfall had little to do with an eye for art. Grant, 49, had been on a two-day drinking spree when he ordered an assistant to bid for the painting at an auction in New York. "And to my horror, she did, and even worse, got it. I`d been having a drunken dinner with my father the night before and I said, `We ought to go see my brother Jamie. You know, the Concorde`s amazing," Grant said. "We had lunch, drank a lot of beer. And I was thinking about some stuff in the Sotheby`s auction and I saw the Liz Taylor. I slightly regret selling it now, even though it made me rich," he added. PTI