This is a list of damaged or destroyed works of guerrilla art created by Banksy, which have been removed from their original locations or otherwise damaged or destroyed. Banksy is an England-based graffitist.
Removed from their original locations
Cave art hoax with accompanying exhibit label, hung on a wall in the British Museum, removed after two or three days and subsequently accessioned; in 2005. Two works jetwashed away and a third work, of a boy holding a stereo and a teddy bear, the subject of legal action opposing its ablation by Hackney Council in order "to keep streets clean", in Dalston, London; in 2009. Vulture with fuel pump head on side of a container at Dungeness beach, Kent stolen in early September 2010. Rat, stolen from an electricity meter box outside the home of a well-known underwear designer in Melbourne, claimed to be by Banksy; the authenticity of this work was questioned, with some calling it a fake; in 2010. Mickey Mouse-inspired Livin' the Dream, removed from Sunset Boulevard, Los Angeles and destroyed; in 2011. Mural entitled Caution, detached from a wall in Boyle Heights, Los Angeles; in 2011. Parachuting Rat in Melbourne, Australia was accidentally destroyed in May 2012 by builders installing new plumbing. Slave Labour, a 2012 mural depicting a child making union flag bunting and regarded as a critical social commentary on the Queen's Diamond Jubilee, prised from the wall of a Poundland shop in Wood Green, Haringey, North London in 'mysterious circumstances' on 13 February 2013. An attempt to sell it in the US 10 days later, at the Fine Arts Auction Miami art house on 23 February, was halted at the last minute after Haringey residents began a campaign for its return. No Ball Games, a 2009 mural depicting two children playing catch with a sign saying "No Ball Games", was removed from a wall in Tottenham, Haringey, north London in July 2013. It was cut into three pieces, restored and then sold in April 2014 at an exhibition titled "The Stealing Banksy". The Sincura Group, the company that had also placed the Slave Labour mural up for sale, stated that the mural had "not been appreciated in situ". Local residents and councillors were disappointed by its removal. In April 2014, Mobile Lovers in Bristol (painted onto plyboard) was removed by crowbar, and resided in Broad Plains Boys Club. Banksy confirmed that the club was entitled to claim ownership of the piece in a letter. The Broad Plains Boys Club sold Mobile Lovers for £403,000 to a private collector in order to keep the club running. A mural depicting a soldier with the face of a Lego figure was detached from its original location at Schleifmühlgasse, Vienna, Austria. A painting of the "Grim Reaper" originally located on the side of The Thekla in Bristol was removed as it was decaying. It is now on a long-term display at the M Shed. The artwork Spy Booth in Cheltenham, England - said to be a critique of the Global surveillance disclosures of 2013, was removed and possibly destroyed in August 2016 by persons unknown. This was despite it having gained grade II listed status and retrospective planning permission making its removal illegal. The current whereabouts and condition of the artwork is unknown. A painting of a child with a crowbar on London Road North in Lowestoft from A Great British Spraycation was removed from its wall in November 2021, a few months after its installation.