Police arrested several people who cut the artwork from the wall of a war-torn building in Hostomel.
Thefts managed to cut a section from the wall to try and steal the Banksy mural in the town of Hostomel, near Kyiv region in UkraineA mural by renowned graffiti artist Banksy remains intact after a group of people tried to steal it from the wall of a war-torn building in Ukraine.
Police said a number of people were arrested at the scene in Hostomel and the painting has been retrieved.The graffiti is undamaged and police are protecting it, the governor of Kyiv region, Oleksiy Kuleba, said on Telegram. Banksy released video footage of his artwork in Ukraine last month, showing works that feature people doing daily tasks on buildings devastated by shelling in Ukraine.
The footage also shows a man's hand creating the art - but in true Banksy style, his face is never shown.One mural shows a gymnast doing a handstand amid debris, in Borodyanka. Another depicts a Vladimir Putin lookalike being thrown to the floor by a child in a judo match.
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