Paris Punk'd

"Guerilla artist" Banksy has played one helluva prank on Paris Hilton and her fans:

The graffiti/stencil artist has taken 500 Hilton CDs out of shops and replaced them with faux-Hilton CDs containing his own remixes. The doctored CDs look virtually the same as the legitimate ones and still come with the barcode, so people buy them thinking they're normal.

However, once the CD is opened, the buyer sees an inner sleeve with picture of a topless Hilton with a dog's head. Songs on the millionaire socialite's debut album have been replaced by Banksy remakes with titles like "Why Am I Famous?" "What Have I Done?" and "What Am I For?"

Danger Mouse, one half of Gnarls Barkley, is also confirmed as a collaborator, having remixing the songs on the pirated product.

According to the retailers involved, none of the tampered products have yet been returned. Which figures, given that they're apparently being hawked already on eBay for upwards of 85 pounds.

The artwork is hilarious, bested only by the behind-the-scenes video showing how it was pulled off...