Graffiti "Spy booth" was painted with silver paint. Conscious locals rushed, signs, coins, paint rags and toothbrushes. Experts said that graffiti is recoverable

Graffiti British street artist, known under the pseudonym Banksy, has been mutilated by vandals. It is about his fresh work "Spy booth" ("Spy Booth"), which appeared in April 2014 in Cheltenham in two steps from the headquarters of the British intelligence Agency Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ). Banksy's ironic beat spy theme, depicting near old telephone booths three agents dressed in old-fashioned coats, dark glasses and hats and equipped with eavesdropping apparaturoi@

once Banksy confirmed his authorship, the owners of the building, which appeared fresco, conceived to sell it (the work is estimated at 1 million pounds), but ran into staunch opposition from the local residents. Activists began a campaign to preserve the graffiti in the same place. Finally, the building was included in the list of protected cultural heritage of the 2nd degree, and a wall with graffiti was declared property of the state. Just last week, a local philanthropist, millionaire Hekmat Kaveh (Hekmat Kaveh) saved the day by agreeing to buy the house — so that graffiti was left on meste@

, However, not a day had passed after this victory, as completely unknown vandals painted graffiti red and silver paint. The incident horrified as the fans frescoes that caused the police already at 8 am. On the heels of a particularly active citizens began to clean off the paint with rags and toothbrushes. The arrived experts asked them to stop and to entrust the cleaning to the professionals. Fortunately, graffiti was covered with a special protective paint — so that the "autographs" of the vandals, most likely, will be able to erase without prejudice to the work of Banksy. The new owner murals Hekmat Kaveh, of course, was shocked by what happened, but it also strengthened his idea that mural really need to save. After the restoration is finished, graffiti "Spy booth" will close acrylic steklom@

Material was prepared by Maria Onuchin, AI

Sources: artdaily.com, bristolpost.co.uk, news.artnet.com, artinvestment.ru