The street artist’s latest piece was revealed in Charlton, south-east London, on Monday (Lucy North/PA) The latest artwork to be unveiled from Banksy has been defaced by a man wearing a black balaclava just hours after it went up. The street artist’s latest piece, a rhino mounting a silver Nissan Micra with a traffic cone on its bonnet, was revealed on Monday and a video obtained by BBC News shows a man walking up to the artwork and spray painting it, leaving a white tag on it. The crowd gathered at the piece, on Westmoor Street in Charlton, south-east London, are heard saying “Don’t do that” and as the person walks away, a voice from the crowd asks “Why did you do that? Why did you do it?” Banksy’s latest artwork depicts a rhinoceros climbing on top of a car (Banksy/PA) Banksy has been posting artwork to his Instagram around 1pm every day since August 5.
The rhino follows Sunday’s artwork, piranhas on a police sentry box, which has now been removed from near London’s Old Bailey court to preserve it. The anonymous artist appeared to have used translucent spray paint to turn the box into a giant fish tank for the piece which appeared on Ludgate Hill before being taped off by the local council. We need your consent to load this Social Media content.
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