Bilao as 'Bamboo Wall Art' anyone? It's selling for nearly P15,000

It's for real. The bilao is being sold for $299 (or nearly P15,000) at Pottery Barn's website as, ehem, "Bamboo Wall Art." 

On its website, the American home furnishing store described our good ol' bilao as something to "round out your accent wall."

They also said it is an "impressive woven art piece made from bamboo."

"Reminiscent of open-air market selling baskets, with a slightly concave shape and shallow rim, it adds warmth, texture and eclectic style wherever it's hung," it added.

To be fair, it's not just any other bilao. The Pottery Barn website said it's "handcrafted from bamboo," it is "imported," it's all of 42" and with a mounting hardware, too!

The retailer also has suggestions on how to care for the bilao: use only soft, dry cloth to dust, and please, lay off "harsh household chemicals as they can damage the finish."  

Much like Muji's P265 tabo, or rather, ehem, water dipper, Filipino netizens are losing it over the P15,000-bilao being sold in the US.

Some say they regret not keeping the bilao from the last time they ate pancit saying they could've made a fortune from it.

not gentrified bilao https://t.co/RJg6fjsRHb

— ???????????????? ?? COMMS: OPEN (@lydbsc) May 14, 2021

$299 BILAO WALL ART

hold on I may be rich I just need to find the two or three I have stashed somewhere

— Mare of Tyler Moore (@EjiaArath) May 14, 2021

i didn't know its that expensive i shouldve kept yung bilao last time nagpansit kami hahahaha

— was @prince_aali ? (@pwins_) May 14, 2021

i have like 3 bilao here w/ diff sizes pa, bc u know every handaan pansit is life and u get to keep the free bilao ????? https://t.co/NhcrQTOV9z

— ritzy ???? (@ftwiitz) May 14, 2021

wall art bilao im crying ???????????? this is the second time ive seen this post oh my god

— hari × comms temporarily closed (@nonnna11___) May 15, 2021

ur telling me i could've made a fortune selling all the bilaos i used for my field demos, i just had to advertise them as wall art ??? ???? https://t.co/jvHvYf1NiO

— mayari ???? semi ia (@dearshizun) May 14, 2021

Pottery Barn is actually already in the Philippines but we have yet to locate the bilao — we mean, the bamboo wall art in its website. — Jannielyn Ann Bigtas/LA, GMA News