Strange Monte Carlo Sampling Phenomena

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I am running a Monte Carlo simulation to price call and put options, and observe a strange correlation between the number of sampling points and the standard deviation. It makes sense that as the number of sampling points approaches infinity that the standard deviation would decrease; however, my results do not show this.

I am observing the following trend during testing and cannot make sense of it:

For a call option, the error increases as the number of sampling points increases. For a put option, the error decreases as the number of sampling points increases.

Is it possible for the aforementioned correlation to exist in a Monte Carlo simulation for option pricing formula?