A Banksy mural sprayed on the wall of a terraced house at the centre of a long-running saga has been cut off and carried by a forklift truck to an art gallery. Workmen could be seen carrying a huge chunk of the wall away, leaving the inside of the end-of-terrace building exposed.
Dubbed 'The Valentine’s Day Mascara' by the elusive artist, it is to be shipped 300 metres down the road from it's current home in Margate, Kent, to the Dreamland amusement park in the seaside town. The work is believed to be a statement on domestic violence, showing a painted woman with a black eye and missing tooth wearing 1950s garb as she pushes a man into a real-life freezer.
Since appearing last month, the piece has been embroiled in an ongoing saga, with Thanet District Council and an art gallery repeatedly removing and returning the freezer for safety and conservation reasons. Hoardings were erected beside the piece as staff began to take it down and send it to the park.
