When we crashed, my entire life flashed before my eyes. It didn’t take too long.

A small menagerie of new Damien Hirst pickled animals took a bow yesterday, including a new shark, a zebra, a calf with solid gold horns and hoofs valued at up to £12m, and even a unicorn - a white foal fitted with a resin horn, rather than an apparition from a fairytale. All have been churned out by his small army of assistants this year for an auction at Sotheby’s in September.








