$1.5m for Paris dog food can

AN empty gourmet dog food can plundered from Paris Hilton’s dustbin has launched an eBay bidding war reaching $1.5 million (€1.1m).

A pair of enterprising scavengers from HollywoodStarTrash.com also put three other Hilton items for sale on the online auction site: a used toothbrush, an autographed postcard and a fan letter to the celebrity heiress. The highest bid for those was €210 offered for the toothbrush. Bidding closes on Sunday.

One of the scavengers said he has asked the website to check on the bid’s legitimacy and pull it if it was fake.