Another of Banksy’s nine animal works that have appeared in London in recent days has been defaced, after one was ruined and another went missing.
The mural, which depicts two elephants sticking their heads out of a white window, appeared in Chelsea, London, a week ago but has already been desecrated with grey stripes.
Located in Edith Grove, the painting marked the second of nine animal-themed artworks to appear in the capital by the elusive artist.
This comes after Banksy’s rhino mural in Charlton was also vandalised with spray paint on Monday, while the artist’s lone wolf on a satellite dish in Peckham mysteriously disappeared.
Resident Chiara Burrell, 20, noticed the elephants had been defaced today and said she felt “upset” that someone had ruined the work.
“When it was in its original state I thought it was really cool. A few days later I came back and saw the white lines,” she said. “I’m shocked and upset that someone would vandalise it, to be honest.
Banksy’s elephant mural was desecrated with grey stripes just days after appearing in Chelsea, London
The artwork, photographed before it was defaced, shows two elephants sticking their heads out of white windows.
Banksy’s recent rhino mural was vandalized shortly after it was discovered on Monday
Banksy’s rhino mural originally featured a broken-down silver car that was part of the artwork.
A hooded man wearing a mask is seen holding a satellite dish featuring Banksy’s wolf mural before the artwork disappeared.
Last week, a piece of art depicting the silhouette of a howling wolf appeared on a rooftop in Peckham, south London – the fourth piece in a series of animal-themed murals.
A map of all the places where Banksy murals have been seen in London in recent days
‘I saw it from a distance and I got closer and there were some people looking at it a little strangely and I started to question whether it had always been there.
“I think it’s vandalism but I’m not sure.”
This comes days after a silver Nissan Micra that was part of Banksy’s new rhino piece was removed, after the mural was defaced just seven hours after it was unveiled.
The artwork featured a rhino climbing onto a car with a traffic cone on the hood, but was defaced with a white spray paint sticker on Monday.
Just before that, Banksy’s fourth animal artwork, a lone wolf atop a satellite dish, mysteriously disappeared from its spot in Peckham last week.
A video has emerged showing the shocking moment the artwork was dismantled before being moved.
A group of hooded men wearing masks and gloves were seen climbing the building, removing the satellite dish and walking away.
A Banksy spokesman previously said the artist was not connected to or endorsed the theft of the wolf artwork and that they had “no knowledge of the current whereabouts of the plate”.
Banky unveiled his ninth – and apparently final – mural depicting a gorilla at London Zoo on Tuesday, continuing the artist’s series of animal-themed paintings.
Banksy first posted the artwork of a goat perched on top of a wall near Kew Bridge in Richmond, southwest London, earlier last week.
The third work to appear was a mural of three swinging monkeys in Brick Lane, London.
The pelicans appeared above Bonners Fish Bar in Walthamstow, north-east London, last week.
A week ago, a large cat silhouette was spray-painted onto an abandoned billboard in Cricklewood, apparently showing the animal stretching and scratching at a broken piece of wood.
Banksy also confirmed he was behind a new artwork of a swimming fish that appeared on a police box in London.
Banksy’s most recent mural was painted on a white shutter at London Zoo and appears to show a gorilla lifting its base to release birds and a seal.
The gorilla mural was painted on a white shutter at the zoo and appears to show the animal lifting its base to release birds and a seal.
Murals by the artist have appeared all over London in recent days, with a new piece appearing every day from August 5th to 13th.
Banksy’s first piece was a goat perched on a wall and was followed by silhouettes of elephants, monkeys, a wolf, pelicans and a cat, all of which have appeared in various locations around London.
The sixth piece, a cat stretching out on a vacant and deteriorating billboard, was removed from its location in northwest London hours after its unveiling on Saturday.
The crowd booed as the Cricklewood hoarding was dismantled by three men who said they had been “hired” by a “contracting company” to remove the hoarding for safety reasons.
The fifth piece to be unveiled was at Bonners Fish Bar in Walthamstow, east London, and shows a pelican bending down to pick up a fish from a takeaway sign, while another tosses one into the air.
