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| Banksy mural defaced with paint | Banksy mural defaced with paint |
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| A picture painted by the artist Banksy has been vandalised with blue paint pellets fired from a paintball gun. | |
| The image on the side of a building on Park Street in Bristol shows a naked man hanging out of a window. | The image on the side of a building on Park Street in Bristol shows a naked man hanging out of a window. |
| The city council ran a public vote in 2006 asking people whether the mural should stay or be removed - 93% of people voted that it should remain. | |
| Bristol Museum is currently showing an exhibition of his work which runs for 12 weeks from 13 June. | |
| Councillor Gary Hopkins, of Bristol City Council, said: "I'm disappointed but unfortunately not surprised. | Councillor Gary Hopkins, of Bristol City Council, said: "I'm disappointed but unfortunately not surprised. |
| "People are built up and then there are always some people who want to drag them back down again. | "People are built up and then there are always some people who want to drag them back down again. |
| "I think the turning point in his reputation was when we decided to keep this piece of work but maybe that destroyed his street cred." | "I think the turning point in his reputation was when we decided to keep this piece of work but maybe that destroyed his street cred." |