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[–] 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

why clear it and leave a silhouette?? why just don't leave an entire square silhouette to no one ever knows what was there.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    because the picture was taken only partway through the removal.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago*

    I can't say they didn't/won't try to remove/cover it further, but on another article it's at least dry (and seemingly not obstructed) pointing to the removal as calculated by Banksy as others have suggested.

    A white brick wall with the ghostly shadow of a judge beating a protester with their gavel, created by an attempt at erasing a Banksy mural.

    Perhaps being a historic site, paint is not really an option instead needing a more costly restoration to obscure it.

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