confirmed in a press releaseDaren Metropoulos bought the mansion for $100 million in 2016, with the condition that could live there for the rest of his life. In 2014, Hefner's son Cooper told us about how his childhood spent in what many consider to be a sort of adult fantasyland. For Cooper, it was quite the opposite: a child's wonderland fueled by Indiana Jones-inspired adventures in the Grotto, a zoo full of exotic animals, and epic games of hide-and-seek played in the mansion's private forest of redwood trees. Cooper shared his experiences growing up inside the mansion and invited Business Insider along on a private tour of the grounds.This video was originally published in 2014.
