A video of a man destroying a 'Taylor Swift' guitar as a Texas charity event has gone viral — but the guitar was not autographed by Swift.

A few weeks ago, a video of Texas man Gary Estes buying and immediately smashing what was reportedly a Taylor Swift-signed guitar at an auction quickly went viral. At the time, Estes paid $4,000 ...

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The Taylor Swift guitar that a Texas man purchased for $4,000, only to smash in a viral video, is now up for sale on eBay.

A strange guitar-smashing story involving Taylor Swift has been making the rounds lately.

A man bought a guitar autographed by Taylor Swift for $4,000 at a charity auction in Texas, then gleefully took to it with a hammer as the crowd cheered.

Taylor Swift performs on July 2 in Munich. A man who bought a signed Swift guitar at a Texas auction last weekend smashed it, reportedly as a political statement.