PICS: ‘Gold man’ beaten to death

In this photograph received on January 31, 2013, Indian businessman Datta Phuge poses for a photograph wearing a shirt made of gold, worth 12.7 million rupees, some $240,000, at a shop in Pune. An Indian businessman who made headlines in 2013 for purchasing one of the world’s most expensive shirts made entirely of gold has been beaten to death in western India, according to a report July 15. Datta Phuge gained fame when he ordered a customised gold shirt worth 12.7 million rupees, around $240,000 dollars at the time.