Francesca Eastwood and her photographer boyfriend Tyler Shields in
Twitter and Facebook storm after setting fire to a crocodile Hermès
Birkin bag in the name of art.

As the daughter of one of Hollywood's most prolific
actor/directors, and star of realty TV show Mrs. Eastwood &
Company chronicling the lives of her extended family, Francesca
Eastwood is well used to being in the eye of the storm.

But Clint Eastwood's 18-year-old daughter is on the receiving end
of vicious public outcry after a photographic stunt with her artist
boyfriend Tyler Shields backfired.

Eastwood and Shields - known for his work with video portraits and
celebrity photography - decided to publicly demolish a $100,000
crocodile Hermès Birkin bag by setting it on fire before taking a
chainsaw to it, all in the name of art.

The results of the project can be seen on Shields' website, and
were featured in Mrs. Eastwood & Company with
Francesca's mother Dina expressing her disgust at the fact that her
daughter even owned a bag worth so much and stating that she does not
understand the true value of money.

And it seems Dina is not the only one horrified by the stunt -
angry viewers have taken to Francesa's Twitter and Facebook pages to
express their anger, TMZ report.

"Some of us actually have to work and live check 2 check,
spoiled rotten b***h to burn 100k bag" wrote one angry viewer.
"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," another said.

These comments are on the tame end of the spectrum, with other
more vitriolic account holders going so far as to suggest that
Francesca should kill herself.

For her part, Francesca is so far unfazed by the reaction with
sources close to her telling TMZ she knew people would be shocked,
but that they just don't understand art.

French luxury fashion house Hermès created the Birkin bag in 1981
after a chance encounter between British singer Jane Birkin and
Hermès chief executive Jean-Louis Dumas on an Air France flight.
Waiting lists for the hand-stitched bag - which commands a minimum
price of around £5,000 - are the norm. it is thought that Victoria
Beckham has a collection of models worth around £1.5m.