Francesca Eastwood receives death threats after she and boyfriend Tyler Shields set fire to a $100,000 Hermes Birkin bag



Francesca Eastwood and her photographer beau Tyler Shield's burning of a $100,000 Hermes Birkin bag has not gone down to well with some.

Now a public outrage over the wreckage of the luxury leathergood has now ensued.

So much so that the 18-year-old daughter of legendary actor Clint Eastwood is now even receiving death threats over the controversial stunt.



Hot stuff: Francesca Eastwood and her boyfriend Tyler Shields set a $100,000 Hermes Birkin Bag on fire in a recent photo shoot

The teenager has been receiving a barrage of, at times, violent abuse via her Facebook and Twitter account.



Among some of the more mild comments directed at the teen on her social networking pages, include users accusing her of wasting money away.



'Wow.... The $100k wasted on this pointless shoot could of been used to benefit a number of charities or ppl in real need. Just crazy,' one account holder said.

Destroyed: The pair finish off the tote by slicing it in half with a chainsaw It's mine! As well as engulfing the leathergood in flames, the teenager also put the handles of the bag in her mouth in order to play a game of tug of war Two for the price of one: The Hermes bag is one of the most sought after accessories in the world



'This is not art at all its just plain stupidity! She should have gotten a cheap Walmart or Target bag, would have made a lot more sense. Rich girls with nothing better to do than burn money,' another user added.

Francesca it seems is not too miffed about the outcry and according to TMZ expected some people to be shocked, however, did not expect some such volatile responses.

According to the website she told her friends that 'people just don't understand art.'

The Birkin bag is one of the most sought after handbags in the world and customers are often required to go on a very long waiting list in order to obtain one.

In their risky shoot, the couple burnt the $100,000 crocodile skin version of the bag in the name of art.

In one snap, Fr ancesca is also seen fanning the flames even further by blowing on it with her red-painted pou t.



As well as engulfing the leathergood in flames, the teenager also put the handles of the bag in her mouth in order to play a game of tug of war.

The pair finish off the tote by slicing it in half with a chainsaw.

Its mine: Francesca was initially resistant to allowing her property to be destroyed as part of her beau's scheme

Played like a violin: The sweet talker had soon managed to change her mind with some flattery

This will get them talking: Lofty artistic concepts seemed far from her mind as she enjoyed cutting her bag to shreds

On Mrs Eastwood and Company the build up to the dramatic moment was covered at length, with Clint's wife Dina expressing her disgust at the fact she even had a bag worth so much.

It also examined how she struggled as a child and did not believe Francesca understood the true value of money.

She initially refused to allow the item to be destroyed, but soon relented, perhaps realising the infamy it would cause.



This isn't the first luxury item that has been destroyed for one of Shields's shoot.

A pair of Christian Louboutin shoes were also wrecked in the name of photographic art.

In love: Shields recently opened his Mouthful exhibit in support of Love is Louder in Los Angeles with Francesca at his side





