A piece of art on a street sign in London suddenly disappeared on Friday after being claimed by Banksy. It was carried away by a running man.
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The work, three aircraft that look like combat drones on a stop sign, was posted on the enigmatic artist's Instagram account, through which he usually authenticates his creations.
Shortly afterwards, at around 12:30 p.m. (local time and GMT), the panel was dismantled and taken away by a man who ran away with the work under his arm, according to videos of the scene filmed by witnesses and broadcast by the media . British.
A witness named Alex, 26, told Britain's PA agency that onlookers remained silent as they watched what was unfolding before their eyes.
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“We said, 'What are you doing?' but no one really knew what to do,” said this witness.
When asked by the AFP news agency, London police said they had not received any reports on this matter.
Several of Banksy's works have been stolen in the past, including a door to the Paris Bataclan room dedicated to the victims of the November 13 attacks.
Others have been compromised, such as a mural denouncing domestic violence, depicting a housewife with a 1950s or 1960s appearance, disfigured by a black eye and a broken tooth, while a man's legs are made from an old, very real, horizontal freezer protruding against the wall.
The freezer was quickly removed for safety reasons, making the work difficult to understand, and then reinstalled.