Indonesian student’s selfies rake in US$1 million in NFT sales

Sultan Gustaf Al Ghozali says he did not think anybody would buy them, and he still has not plucked up the courage to tell his parents

Sales took off when a celebrity chef snapped some up and promoted them on his social media account, prompting more than 400 people to follow suit

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Indonesian college student Sultan Gustaf Al Ghozali traded selfies for US$1 million in NFTs. Photo: AFP

Published: 9:00am, 15 Jan 2022

An Indonesian college student has become an internet sensation after trade-in the digital rights to his selfies fetched more than US$1 million on a platform for non-fungible tokens.

Sultan Gustaf Al Ghozali, who studies computer science at a university in the central city of Semarang, has taken a picture of himself sitting in front of his computer almost every day for the last five years.

He intended to use the collection of nearly 1,000 selfies to create a time-lapse video for his graduation day.

But after learning about blockchain technology, the 22-year-old decided to upload the photos to NFT trading platform OpenSea under the title “Ghozali Everyday”.

“I was thinking it might be funny if one of the collectors collected my face,” Ghozali told reporters at his university’s campus on Thursday.

“I never thought anybody would want to buy the selfies, which is why I only priced them at US$3,” he said.