The former politician himself claims that he once spent double the amount produced on the art collection. A total of twelve works of art went under the hammer. The highest bid came for Alechinsky’s triptych. A bidder paid 6,600 euros for this. After failed investments in crypto coins, Martens borrowed money from dozens of people, but was subsequently unable to pay it back. Those debts amount to more than three million euros, a multiple of what the auction yielded. Martens is also facing an investigation for fraud and abuse of trust.