Banksy artwork cleaned up after vandalism as council adds extra touch

A London council has restored a Banksy mural and added ‘anti-graffiti solution’ to protect it after it was vandalised. Kensington and Chelsea Council cleaned the artwork in Edith Terrace, Chelsea on Friday (September 20) after it was vandalised within two weeks of going up. The piece, which features two elephants poking their heads out of blocked out windows, had been painted over with stripes. It was the second piece the Bristol-based artist unveiled in the capital within a 24-hour period in August. The other was a silhouette of a goat atop a wall in Kew. In 2019, the artist’s mural of a painter on a wall in Notting Hill was unveiled after being concealed from from the public for a year. READ MORE: ‘Possible Banksy’ appears on side of Channel 4 magician’s South London house The Chelsea mural had been vandalised within weeks of appearing (Image: RBKC) Council workers removed the unwanted white lines and added a special coat of what they described as ‘anti-graffiti solution’ to protect the artwork. The council said the solution is specially designed not to alter the appearance of the surface it is applied to. Cllr Josh Rendall, who is a councillor for Stanley ward,...