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Another of the nine Banksy animal artworks to appear in London in recent days has been defaced – after one was ruined and another disappeared.
The mural – which depicts two elephants poking their head out of white windows – popped up in Chelsea in London a week ago but has already been defaced with grey stripes.
Located on Edith Grove, the painting marked the second of nine animal-themed artworks to appear in the capital by the elusive artist.
It comes after Banksy’s rhino mural in Charlton was also destroyed 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 ruined the work.
‘When it was in it’s original state I thought it was really cool. Just days later I went back ands saw the white lines,’ she said. ‘I’m shocked and upset that someone has vandalised it to be honest.
Banksy’s elephant mural defaced with grey stripes just days after appearing in Chelsea, London
The artwork, pictured before it was defaced, shows two elephants poking their head out of white windows
Banksy’s recent rhino mural was vandalised shortly after it was discovered on Monday
Banksy’s rhino mural originally featured a broken down silver car which formed part of the artwork
A hooded man with a mask is seen holding a satellite dish with Banksy’s wolf mural on it before the work disappeared
An artwork showing the silhouette of a wolf howling appeared on a rooftop in Peckham, south London, last week – the fourth piece in the animal-themed series of murals
A map of everywhere Banksy murals have been spotted across London in recent days
‘I saw it from afar and I went closer and there were some people looking at it a bit funny and I started second guessing whether it was always there.
‘I think it’s vandalism but I’m not sure.’
It comes days after a silver Nissan Micra which formed part of the new rhino Banksy piece was removed – after the mural was defaced within just seven hours of being unveiled.
The artwork featured a rhino mounting the car with a traffic cone on its bonnet but was ruined with a white spray paint tag on Monday.
Just before that, Banksy’s fourth animal artwork of a lone wolf on a satellite dish mysteriously vanished from its spot in Peckham last week.
Footage emerged showing the shocking moment the artwork was dismantled before being carried away.
A group of hooded men wearing facemasks and gloves were spotted scaling the building, removing the satellite dish, and walking off.
A spokesperson for Banksy previously said the artist was neither connected to nor endorsed the theft of the wolf artwork and that they had ‘no knowledge as to the dish’s current whereabouts’.
Banky unveiled the ninth – and seemingly last – mural depicting a gorilla at London Zoo on Tuesday as the artist’s run of animal-themed paintings continued.
Banksy first posted artwork of a goat perched on top of a wall near Kew Bridge in Richmond, south-west London, at the start of 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 sprayed onto an abandoned billboard in Cricklewood, appearing to show the animal stretching and scratching at a broken part of the wood
Banksy also confirmed he was behind a new swimming fish artwork which has appeared on a police sentry box in London
The most recent Banksy 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 popped up around London over the last few days, with one new piece having appeared every day from August 5 until August 13.
Banksy’s first piece was a goat perched on top of a wall and has been followed by silhouettes of elephants, monkeys, a wolf, pelicans, and a cat, all of which have popped up in various locations across London.
The sixth piece, a stretching cat on an empty, distressed advertising hoarding, was removed from its location in north-west London hours after it was unveiled on Saturday.
Crowds booed as the piece in Cricklewood was dismantled by three men who said they were ‘hired’ by a ‘contracting company’ to take down the billboard for safety reasons.
The fifth piece to be unveiled was on Bonners Fish Bar in Walthamstow, east London, and shows a pelican stooping to scoop up a fish on the takeaway’s sign, while another is tossing one in the air.
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