Smashed or stolen? Banksy ‘Spy Booth’ mural satirizing government surveillance removed

‘A famous Banksy artwork that depicted illegal British government spying has been mysteriously removed from a wall in southern England.
The mural appeared overnight in April 2014 on the side of a house in Cheltenham, just three miles (4.8 kilometres) from Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ), the British intelligence and security agency whose telecoms data collection was exposed by Edward Snowden.
Entitled ‘Spy Booth’, the artwork featured three 1950s style spies listening in to a phone box, but the iconic artwork has been the focus of local controversy since its appearance.’
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