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Sophie Mellor

Banksy calls on fans to shoplift from Guess

Flower Thrower (Credit: Piero Cruciatti—Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)

Anonymous graffiti artist Banksy accused clothing retailer Guess of stealing his iconic “Flower Thrower” art piece for a store display at its Regent Street location in London—and called on his Instagram followers to shoplift the store.

In a post to his 11.5 million followers, Banksy posted a photo of Guess' Regent Street store along with the caption, “Attention all shoplifters Please go to Guess on Regent Street. They've helped themselves to my artwork without asking, how can it be wrong for you to do the same to their clothes?"

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