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Laura Sharman

Woman didn't spot new 'Banksy' graffiti on side of her house until seeing it online

A woman has told how she failed to notice a new Banksy painting which popped up on the side of her house in Bristol.

Peggy, who did not give her surname, said she did not notice the world famous artist had graffitied her home until reading about it online.

The painting shows a man in a balaclava using a crowbar to ply open a piece of wood which covers up a previous Banksy piece.

The original graffiti shows a small child catapulting a sea of red roses into the air.

It appeared in February 2020 in Barton Hill, but was vandalised the following day.

Vandals scrawled "BCC w****" across the mural which was subsequently boarded up with plastic sheeting placed over the flowers.

Plastic sheeting has been placed over the roses to protect them (BPM MEDIA)

Peggy told Bristol Live how she did not spot the new addition to the graffiti because she does not tend to walk in that direction from her house.

She said she did not hear anybody creating the new piece, although she did hear somebody painting the first artwork from inside her home.

Banksy confirmed the original artwork was his the day after it appeared, but he is yet to claim the latest addition.

Peggy said regardless of who did the work, she does not believe Banksy is just one person but a collective.

The original Banksy mural appeared on the house shortly before Valentine's Day in 2020 (Bristol Live/BPM Media)

"How else would they be able to do it so secretly?" she said.

She recalled how Banksy's first piece went up just before Valentine's Day when a cheeky spectator pinched some of the flowers from the display, knocked on her door and tried to sell them to her.

Banksy's works can be seen across Bristol, including the Well Hung Lover on Park Street and his Mild Mild West piece in Stokes Croft.

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