The original Birkin bag, which Hermès made for actress Jane Birkin, has been sold for a record €8.6 million (over ₹85.9 crore) with fees in Paris, making it the most expensive bag to be auctioned. As per Sotheby's, the bag was born out of a chance encounter between Jane and Hermès' then-artistic director Jean-Louis Dumas in the 1980s.