One of the best-known Banksy's early work in Bristol was out of ignorance painted the new owner of the house, which is adorned on the wall work

Created by British artist Banksy image of a gorilla in a pink mask on the wall of public buildings in the district Istill in Bristol was a major local attraction during the last ten years.

the building recently changed hands: it has opened a Muslim cultural center. The new owner, Saeed Ahmad, decided that the image of the gorilla is unremarkable and on the order pattern, along with a few others located on the same wall, was completely smeared with white paint. "I thought that this graffiti is of no value, — said Ahmed. —, I didn't know that this is valuable work, and painted it so. I'm really sorry if it upset local residents."

One of the inhabitants of the area, Dean Meadows, described the painting over of graffiti by Banksy as "a terrible, terrible shame." "Now the news is at odds to the world via Twitter, so maybe Banksy will soon know about it and he will restore the product" — adds Meadows.
Sayed Ahmed, in turn, said that he is willing to try to clean the wall from paint and restore graffiti own.

the Material was prepared by Maria Astrova, AI

Source: bbc.co.uk, artinvestment.ru