Banksy gets the brush-off

[Kahnee]

From PA:

 

An investigation was launched today after a £100,000 mural by graffiti artist Banksy was painted over by bungling council workers.

The 25ft painting, sprayed on the side of a row of garages in Bristol, was mistaken as vandalism by a graffiti removal team who covered the wall with thick black paint.

Locals are furious that the 10-year-old artwork, which is believed to be one of Banksy's earliest free-painted murals, has been lost.

Bristol City Council, which has ordered all Banksy work to be preserved, has launched an investigation.

Teams are working across Bristol in Government-funded neighbourhood renewal schemes.

A council spokeswoman said contractors Nordic had been told not to remove the artwork in Albion Road, Easton.

Council spokeswoman Sarah Reddiford said: "The contractors were in contact with the local Neighbourhood Renewal Office.

"They were instructed not to remove the Banksy mural. The city council are undertaking a full investigation into this matter."

A Banksy artwork depicting pensioners bowling with bombs sold for £102,000 at auction house Sotheby's in February.

A five-bedroom Victorian terraced house in a rundown street in Easton also doubled its market value because of a 25ft Banksy spray-painted mural on its side wall.

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