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Ethan James

THE TRUTH ABOUT: Sneak peek at monas 100m underground library - The Untold Story

MONA's new extension Phrontisterion is a library housing owner David Walsh's collection of rarities. (Rob Blakers/AAP PHOTOS)

With a price tag of more than $100 million, an R-rated section and original handwritten David Bowie lyrics, MONA's half-underground extension contains far from your regular library.

The new library of Hobart's often-controversial museum and gallery opens on Sunday after four years of construction and the excavation of eight Olympic swimming pools' worth of rubble.

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