Banksy art vandalised with paint just days after being unveiled – despite cordon

A NEW BANKSY MURAL HAS BEEN DEFACED JUST DAYS AFTER IT FIRST POPPED UP IN NORTH LONDON, DESPITE POLICE OFFICERS IN THE CAPITAL WORKING TO PROTECT THE STREET ART 10:25, 20 Mar 2024Updated

10:26, 20 Mar 2024 A new Banksy mural has been defaced just three days after it was painted. Vandals hurled paint across the street art in Finsbury Park, north London, which features green

paint behind a bare tree to resemble foliage. It also has a stencil of a person holding a pressure hose. Anonymous artist Banksy confirmed it was his with an online post on Monday (March

18). However, art fans discovered on Wednesday (March 20) white paint has been thrown on the artwork, potentially ruining it. READ MORE: UK ISLANDS WHERE LOCALS HAVE SIX-HOUR WINDOW TO LEAVE

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condition' goes under hammerREAD MORE: US state wants to ban creepy sex dolls 'that look like 12-year-old children' This is despite the local council erecting a metal fence to

try and protect it. Banksy fan and photographer Matt Adamiak, 42, took pictures of the artwork this morning. Matt, from Southampton, said: "I've always been Banksy fan so when I

saw he'd been out and about I headed up the motorway this morning to have a look. I got there at 6am this morning as it was getting light, there was hardly anyone around."

"Then I noticed someone had thrown white paint or something over it." It's massively noticeable in person – looking at the way it's been thrown it looks like

someone's climbed over the fence to throw it. READ MORE: Britain's most popular dog breed could change forever and live longer as a result "It's difficult to tell how

they've done it but they've definitely ruined it." It's all been cordoned off so people can't get in there, but it looks like someone had climbed over. Maybe it was

someone throwing paint over it to ruin it just because they can, it's difficult to say." Banksy is the UK's most well-known street artist and has created dozens of artworks

across the UK including 'Kissing Coppers', 'Flower Thrower' and 'Balloon Girl'. His identity has never been confirmed, but in a 2003 interview with The Guardian

he was described as "white, 28, scruffy casual – jeans, T-shirt, a silver tooth, silver chain and silver earring. He looks like a cross between Jimmy Nail and Mike Skinner of The

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