<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>An artwork said to have been created by one of </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/australia" rel="" target="" title="Australia"><span>Australia</span></a><span>'s worst serial murderers, John Bunting, has been listed for sale on eBay with a price tag in the thousands.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The piece of art was advertised as handmade by the Snowtown serial killer from inside Yatala Prison walls with an asking price of $5000.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Bunting, who was the ringleader in South Australia's notorious bodies in the barrels murders, was convicted of 11 killings in 2003.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/central-highlands-crash-four-dead-including-two-children-queensland-news/5412e339-96f8-447d-bdcf-4810494ff73b" target="_blank"><strong><span>Father and two kids among four killed in horror head-on crash in Queensland</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The item was listed online for several days for $5000 before it was reported by South Australia's Department for Correctional Services.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The listing was removed this morning out of respect for Bunting's victims and their families.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The drawing depicts a skull-like image on a Salvation Army Christmas card and reads "seasons greetings" with Bunting's signature on the back.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/online-sale-for-art-by-snowtown-serial-killer-john-bunting-with-5000-dollar-price-tag-pulled-down/1f28689d-cca7-4005-bc23-054f836aa227" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/hecs-debt-reduction-how-it-will-change-your-pay-from-july-this-year/763cad42-a590-424e-b7f0-a4920cecb367" target="_blank"><strong><span>Millions of Aussies just days away from having their debt slashed</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>A Department for Correctional Services spokesperson said authorities would closely examine the artwork to assess whether it was made by Bunting in the prison.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Action will be taken if any inappropriate behaviour is found to have occurred," the spokesperson said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Bunting, 57, is serving a life sentence under high security.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>South Australian Premier Peter Malinauskas said it is a criminal offence to profit off criminal activity.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Let's assume that it's not, and there's reason to believe it might not be, then it means someone else is trying to profiteer out of it," Malinauskas said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"That is an exceptionally poor reflection on that individual."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/how-to-follow-9news-digital/29855bb1-ad3d-4c38-bc25-3cb52af1216f" target="_blank"><strong><em><span>DOWNLOAD THE 9NEWS APP</span></em></strong></a><strong><em><span>: Stay across all the latest in breaking news, sport, politics and the weather via our news app and get notifications sent straight to your smartphone. Available on the</span></em></strong><span> </span><a href="https://apps.apple.com/au/app/9news/id1010533727" target="_blank"><strong><em><span>Apple App Store</span></em></strong></a><span> </span><strong><em><span>and</span></em></strong><span> </span><a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=nineNewsAlerts.nine.com&amp;hl=en_AU&amp;pli=1" target="_blank"><strong><em><span>Google Play</span></em></strong></a><strong><em><span>.</span></em></strong></div></div>