Leonardo DiCaprio buys $1.2 million on painting

Leonardo DiCaprio isn’t afraid to splash the cash.

The actor reportedly spent $1.2 million on a Salvador Dali painting at Christie’s last night.

DiCaprio did eye up two Picassos, but was outbid, according to the New York Post.

“He bid on the Picassos, but it was clear the Dali was what he wanted,” said Rachel Stekson, 23, who works in a Manhattan gallery. “He turned around and was like, ‘Yes!’ ”

DiCaprio’s acquisition, the surrealist “Chevaliers en parade,” depicts a knight and is signed by the artist. The star also owns a Jean-Michel Basquiat.

Leo recently admitted he takes himself “too seriously”.

“I don’t know what I’m going to do next,” he said. “I have no idea and it’s kind of a cool place to be.

“For the rest of the year I’ll be really taking care of myself because I’ve reached 35 and I’ve taken a lot of things seriously, maybe too seriously at times, so I’m going to make sure that whatever I do next and whatever choices I make are really right for me. And we’ll see where that takes me.”