Banksy artworks have cost public almost £150,000 in clean-up and security costs

An artwork by Banksy at the Royal Courts of Justice in London which shows a judge attacking a protester with a gavel (Callum Parke/PA) - (PA Archive)

Three Banksy works have cost taxpayers almost £150,000 in clean-up and security costs.

A mural painted on the Royal Courts of Justice in September last year has resulted in the largest single cost, with security and efforts to remove it already adding up to more than £85,000.