London police announced this Friday that a 49-year-old man has been sentenced to 13 months in prison for stealing British artist Banksy’s work “Girl with Balloons” in 2024.
Larry Frazier pleaded guilty Wednesday to theft of the copyrighted material. … It depicts a girl wearing a dress reaching out to a red heart-shaped balloon.
the work, Estimated at £270,000 (over $354,000); Stolen from a London gallery in 2024. The attacker, with his face covered and gloves on, used a hammer to pry open the door and enter the gallery, British police detailed in a statement.
Investigators were able to arrest him within 48 hours of the incident. Thanks to surveillance camera footage It showed him loading works into a van a few steps away from the gallery.
The work was found intact two days after Fraser’s arrest.
he The original doodle first appeared in 2002 Working from Waterloo Bridge in south London, he is one of the best known of Bristol’s most enigmatic artists.
In 2018, the artist caused a sensation when his copy of “Girl with Balloons” partially self-destructed during auction.
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