Earlier this year, Joe Corré - son of ex-Sex Pistols manager Malcolm McLaren and fashion designer Vivienne Westwood - announced his plan to publicly burn €6 million worth of punk memorabilia owned by his late father.

The reason the Agent Provocateur founder gave for the bonfire - which he said was a reaction/protest to the 'Punk London' series that has been running across the year - was that "punk has become like a fucking museum piece or a tribute act."

Sure enough, the bonfire went ahead as planned on Saturday on a boat moored on the River Thames, with Corré burning rare gig posters, one-off recordings, items of clothing and more rare artifacts from the punk era. He also burned effigies of politicians including Boris Johnson, David Cameron and Theresa May.

He said: "Some people are very concerned about the price of these artifacts, but the conversation we need to have is about values. Punk provided an opportunity for the no future generation of the 1970s to create a way out of it. Not trust in the media. Not trust in the politicians. Investigating the truth for yourself.”

However, Sex Pistols frontman John Lydon did not agree with Corré's actions, calling him a "selfish fucking lingerie expert” and claiming that the collection could have been sold and the profits donated to charity.

Watch footage from the bonfire below: