Buyers of Bored Ape NFTs sue after digital apes turn out to be bad investment

NFT's expand digital property rights and allow direct ownership of digital assets in ways that, for example, buying a game on steam doesn't. That being said, why people wanted to have direct digital ownership of a 2D image of a monkey in various clothing... that's where I got lost. I can easily understand buying like... a text book, or a video game, music, your copy of microsoft office as an NFT, y'know, things that would actually have a re-sale value to it? But why the fuck would you want a monkey picture?