Was someone trying to steal famous Banksy in New Orleans

Construction work on the site of a much-beloved Banksy painting in the Marigny Friday alarmed neighbors who were worried that the valuable graffiti stencil might be sawed out of the wall and stolen.
On Jan 5, 2024, two workmen arrived at Banksy’s Umbrella Girl, where they erected a steel pole to shore up an overhang and began drilling holes in the wall beside the 2008 painting. Neighbors were alarmed because in 2014, someone attempted to steal the valuable stencil by sawing it out of the wall where it was painted.

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