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Banksy's 'Girl With Balloon' Stolen from Greater London Gallery

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BANKSY KNOCKOUT, GRAB, AND ALSO GAIN. The well-known Banksy print, Lady Along With Balloon, was actually swiped from a London picture on Sunday night-- however was actually immediately recouped due to the authorities on Thursday. Police officers also apprehended two men, reports the Moments. CCTV video shows a hooded suspicious smashing Grove Picture's glass front on New Cavendish Street before nabbing the Banksy art work valued at $354,000. The root cause at that point ran away. They did not make an effort taking some other items, nor, alas, performed the painting automatically self-destruct right into shredded strips of newspaper once cleared away.

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