NFT creator makes more than $7.5 million from artwork he doesn't own

A stormtrooper helmet, painted blue and intricately decorated with flowers and butterflies.One of the original Stormtrooper helmets, created by artist Unskilled Worker (attribution)
An art curator created NFTs from photographs of Stormtrooper helmet artwork, but failed to actually ask permission from the artists. The NFTs sold for a collective $7.5 million before various marketplaces removed them from trading. Several of the artists responsible for the works are reportedly considering legal action. The NFT creator, meanwhile, has posted a video of himself on social media "wearing a Stormtrooper helmet, shooting a gun in the air and bragging about making 'two mil on NFT[s]'".