Banksy said he is “kind of glad” his latest piece of artwork has been vandalised, as he released a series of sketches of it.
Residents in the Barton Hill area of Bristol awoke on February 13 to find the striking piece on the side of a building.
The artwork, in Marsh Lane, featured a stencilled image of a girl firing a slingshot of red flowers and leaves.
Within days, the piece was vandalised with pink spray paint reading “BCC WANKERS” scrawled across it.
As a result, the family who own the property have put temporary fencing in place and will install CCTV.
In a post on Instagram, Banksy wrote: “I’m kind of glad the piece in Barton Hill got vandalised. The initial sketch was a lot better…”
He posted three images showing sketches of the girl in the piece.
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