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Banksy's 'Gal Along with Balloon' Stolen from Greater London Picture

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The Headlines.
BANKSY HIT, GRAB, AND RETURN. The well-known Banksy print, Woman With Balloon, was swiped coming from a London picture on Sunday evening-- however was quickly bounced back by the authorities on Thursday. Policemans additionally detained 2 males, discloses the Times. CCTV video reveals a hooded problematic wonderful Grove Gallery's glass front on New Cavendish Road before nabbing the Banksy artwork valued at $354,000. The offender after that left. They performed not make an effort taking every other products, neither, alas, carried out the art work spontaneously self-destruct into ragged bits of newspaper when cleared away.

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