An art student from South Korea ate a banana that was part of an installation claiming he was "hungry" after forgetting breakfast, BBC reports.

The artwork — by Maurizio Cattelan — called "Comedian" and part of Cattelan's's exhibition "WE", consisted of a ripe banana duct-taped to a wall at Seoul's Leeum Musuem of Art.

Later, Noh Huyn-soo, the student, taped the peel to the wall.

The museum placed a new banana at the same spot after the bizarre incident, BBC reported citing media.

The incident, which lasted more than a minute, was recorded by Noh's friend.

Meanwhile, The Leeum Musuem of Art told the media that it will not claim damages against the student.

The banana on display is reportedly replaced every two or three days.

As Noh removed the banana from the wall, shouts of "excuse me" could be heard in videos posted online. However, he did not respond and started eating as the room went quiet.

He then taped the peel to the wall and posed for a moment before walking off, BBC reports.

Noh later told local media that he saw Cattelan's work as a rebellion against a certain authority. "There could be another rebellion against the rebellion," the Seoul National University student told KBS.

"Damaging an artwork could also be seen as an artwork, I thought that would be interesting... Isn't it taped there to be eaten?"

When told about the incident, Cattelan said, "No problem at all".

However, this is not the first time a visitor has eaten the bananas utilized in Cattelan's work.

David Datuna, a performance artist, removed the banana from the wall and ate it in 2019 after the artwork sold for $120,000 at Art Basel in Miami.

The banana was swiftly replaced and no further action was taken.