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Stolen Banksy 'Girl With Balloon' Painting Found

Above: The painting Girl with Ballon by Banksy in the exhibition Modern Masters at the Moco Museum in Amsterdam, on August 26, 2022, in Sydney, Australia. Image copyright: Steve Christo/Contributor/Corbis News via Getty Images

The Facts

  • Two men have been arrested in connection with the theft of the "Girl with Balloon" painting—made by the anonymous street artist Banksy—from the Grove Gallery in London, England, on Sept. 8.

  • The painting, whose value is estimated at hundreds of thousands by some and millions by others, has also been found and will be returned to the gallery.

  • CCTV footage gallery shows an individual using a hammer-like object to smash through the gallery's glass doors, quickly grab the piece from the wall, and then turn around and leave with the painting.


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