An Indian man who bought one of the world’s most expensive shirts — a glittering getup made entirely of gold — was beaten to death after a dispute over money, according to reports Friday.

Datta Phuge, 48 — who commissioned the six-pound top for $250,000 three years ago — was attacked by 12 men in the western city of Pune Thursday night, according to the BBC.

One of the attackers invited the millionaire businessman to a birthday party in the Dighi region, where he was jumped, stoned and stabbed with a farming tool, according to the station.

The fatal beating was tied to a fight over cash, police told The Times of India.

Phuge had been accused in recent months of financial “misappropriation,” according to the paper.

His 22-year-old son witnessed the murder but was not harmed by the attackers, the paper reported.

Phuge earned the nickname “The Gold Man” when an image of his flashy fashion statement went viral in 2013.

It took 15 goldsmiths two weeks to build the T-shirt, which was decorated with six crystal buttons and a gold belt, according to the Times of India.

Phuge often dressed in head-to-toe gold outfits, covering his knuckles, neck, and wrists with bling.

“I know I am not the best looking man in the world but surely no woman could fail to be dazzled by this shirt?” he told the UK Mirror in 2013.

Later, he acknowledged his style was ostentatious.

“Some people ask me why I’m wearing so much gold but it was my dream. Some elite people want to own an Audi or Mercedes, and have big cars. I chose gold,” he told the BBC.

Police didn’t say whether he was wearing the gold shirt at the time of the beating.

On Friday, Phuge’s wife, Seema, told the cops a gang of five men abducted Phuge from his home Thursday night. But police believe he was lured from his home to the party.

“We are investigating how Mr Phuge reached the open ground where he was murdered,” police station inspector Navnath Ghogare told the Press Trust of India news agency.