It would have been a proud moment for Muntazer al-Zaidi.

One of the followers of the journalist, from Iraq's Al-Baghdadia channel who pioneered the shoe movement by throwing it on former US president George Bush, won a whopping Rs 1.01 lakh for a slipper hurled at author-turned-activist Arundhati Roy.

The slipper, which was auctioned at Jantar Mantar on Thursday, would be put under the hammer again. This time online.

"This is the third most famous piece of footwear after the ones thrown at George Bush and Chinese prime minister Wen Jiabao. But I bought this as a symbolic protest against traitors like Arundahti Roy," said Amitabh Kumar, 30, who offered the highest bid for the slipper.