Work has begun to re-paint the My City, My Shirt mural after it was painted over for a Mcdonald's ad.
The mural, originally displayed on a building on James Street, Butetown, was painted over in January of this year to make way for a burger advert.
The fast-food giant received countless complaints at the destruction of such a poignant piece of art, and later said it was "unaware" of the mural.
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In response to a tweet criticising the move, a spokesperson for McDonald's said they had instructed the artist to repaint the mural on the side of Mischief's bar.
They said: "The site was hired by a third party working with the artist who painted the original mural. We were unaware of what was on the site prior to our installation and have instructed the artist to repaint his original mural immediately."
Due to complications with the original location, work has now begun to re-paint the beloved artwork on the opposite side of the road on the side of Beaum Vape on James Street, however street artist Bradley Rmer said he's happy with the new location.
The McDonald's ad has also been removed from the site.
The My City, My Shirt mural, designed to celebrate the diversity of the capital, featured mother-of-two Maimuna Yoncana, originally from Guinea-Bissau, wearing a Cardiff City shirt and cradling her baby bump.
The portrait, painted in April 2021, was part of a project of the same name organised by Cardiff creatives Yusuf Ismail and Shawqi Hasson, which aims to encourage more people of colour to connect with their city and football club.
Yusuf, who, together with Shawqi and street artist Bradley, helped bring the mural to life, said he was "absolutely heartbroken" when he saw it had been painted over.
"It's just appalling," he said in January. "That mural means so much to the local community, and for me it showed Cardiff in a new light, coming out of the pandemic and on the back on the Black Lives Matter movement.
"That picture showed that we are historically a very multicultural city - and for it to be painted over is just really, really embarrassing.
"It's not just an insult to us, it's an insult to the whole city."
Artist Bradley said the new mural should be finished by the end of the first week of March.
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