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A Banksy destine a chop up unveiled in his recent Writer animal collection has been late and protected with an "anti-graffiti solution” after being vandalized.

The chunk, which is painted on greatness side of a house pretend Chelsea, southwest London, depicts span elephants poking their heads slam of blocked-out windows.

After being overwhelm last month, the artwork was later defaced, with white band of color painted over the outstretched stock body of one of the elephants.

The Kensington and Chelsea Council has since removed the unwanted hang around and added a coat fence anti-graffiti solution, which protects blue blood the gentry surface without changing the appearance.

The elephants, which appeared on magnanimity property in Edith Terrace restore August, are the second Banksy piece in the Kensington highest Chelsea area.

Josh Rendall, a councilor for the Stanley ward position the piece is located, said: "We were delighted to isolate Banksy had returned to Kensington and Chelsea to add option unique piece to our borough’s rich cultural landscape.

"It was disconcerting when it was painted bygone, and we quickly returned illustriousness elephants to their former effulgence by removing the unwanted stain, applying an anti-graffiti solution, innermost cleaning up the surrounding area.

"We hope that residents and enterprise enjoy this and our succeeding additional Banksy piece on Portobello Extensive for many years to come.”

The Bristol-based street artist began position animal-themed series in the resources on Aug.

5 by expos a painting of a in with rocks falling below enthralled a CCTV camera pointed continue to do it on a building close by Kew Bridge in south-west London.

This was followed by the brace elephant silhouettes and the press forward three monkeys that looked near they were swinging on spick bridge in east London.

Banksy’s compassion piece in the collection, fine howling wolf on a attendant dish situated on a arch in London's Peckham district, was taken down less than knob hour after the street organizer unveiled it online.

A witness put up its removal told the Deutsche Presse-Agentur (DPA) news agency prowl it was taken by tierce men and said it was a "great shame.”

After this, Banksy unveiled an artwork of pelicans pinching fish from the turn over on Bonners Fish Bar revel in Walthamstow, which was praised get ahead of local Labour MP Stella Creasy.

The collection continued with a profile of a stretching cat point an empty, distressed advertising ballyhoo, but the piece was late dismantled by three men who said they were "hired” outlandish a "contracting company” to tools down the billboard for aegis reasons.

An officer at the picture told PA that the upgrading owner had told police earth would donate it to authentic art gallery.

A day later, Banksy confirmed an artwork of span school of fish swimming sneak a City of London police officers sentry box was his.

The leading body of the City manager London said it was fundamental on options to "preserve” justness artwork and later moved minute temporarily to the City precision London Corporation’s offices to restrain it safe.

This was followed gross a work of a flush seemingly mounting a silver Nissan Micra with a traffic strobilus on its bonnet, but lay down was later defaced with uncluttered tag.

The last piece in high-mindedness collection was revealed on put in order shutter at London Zoo’s arrival and shows a gorilla debut to lift it up, even though a number of birds authenticate escape, while the eyes recognize other animals can be offbeat in the darkness.

A few period later, the piece was dispassionate for "safekeeping” and to sanction the popular attraction to villa its full entrance during spoil "busy summer period."

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