Graffiti thieves remove wall with angle grinder (From This Is Local London)
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Graffiti thieves remove wall with angle grinder
8:16am Saturday 27th January 2007 in Bizarre By Niel Bekker
Banksy's graffiti has fetched up to £50,000 on auction. (copyright: yaraaa)
Thieves removed a graffiti masterpiece from a wall with an angle grinder - and tried to sell it for £20,000.
The stolen piece is the work of Bristol's famous graffiti bandit, Banksy.
Found just below a "no ball games" sign in Gloucester Gardens, central London, the graffiti showed a mischievous rat playing with a ball.
The culprits put their loot up for sale on Ebay with a £20,000 asking price.
Ebay has since removed the item from the site.
Graffiti works by Banksy fetched as much as £50,000 a piece at a recent Sotheby's auction.
So far, police have not taken any action.
