'Big Sue' proud of British painting with big price tag

Christie's employees hold a painting entitled 'Benefits Supervisor Sleeping' by German artist Lucian Freud at Christie's auction house in London, on April 11, 2008.

LONDON (AFP) -- A woman who posed naked for British artist Lucian Freud revealed Saturday she was paid 20 pounds -- and the resulting painting is expected to become the most expensive work by a living artist.

Sue Tilley said she had been delighted to be the inspiration for "Benefits Supervisor Sleeping" in 1995, which is set to become the most expensive painting by a living artist when it is sold in New York next month. full story