Elusive street artist Banksy has been on a whimsical spree in London, unveiling a series of animal-themed artworks over the past few days. The latest addition to his urban menagerie is a goat, appearing on the side of a building in Kew Bridge, CBS News reports. The artwork depicts the goat amidst a cascade of tumbling rocks, with a watchful CCTV camera trained directly on it.
Banksy posted a picture of the mural to his Instagram account and has continued to do so for each subsequent animal. None of the posts have captions.
A new work featuring two elephant heads facing each other, trunks outstretched, appeared in Chelsea, West London on Tuesday. The next day, three monkeys appeared on a bridge in Brick Lane in East London.
The fourth design features a howling wolf on a satellite dish, appearing as a full moon, in the Peckham district of London. Images show people removing the artwork and running off with it. CBS News has reached out to the Metropolitan Police for additional information. According to CBS News partner BBC, the Metropolitan Police said it had been called to reports of a “stolen satellite dish containing artwork.”
Banksy artwork has been stolen in London before. Last year, police arrested a man suspected of stealing a Banksy piece of a stop sign showing three military drones.
A mural featuring pelicans eating fish on the front of a fish and chip shop in Walthamstow, North London popped up after the wolf. It was followed by a cat on an old billboard in the Cricklewood portion of London.
It was removed just hours after its unveiling, prompting boos from onlookers. The City of London Police have confirmed their awareness of the “criminal damage” to a police box on Ludgate Hill, where Banksy’s school of fish artwork has appeared. The police are currently working with the City of London Corporation, which owns the structure, to address the situation.
