A bicycle with a missing wheel accompanying a Banksy mural in Nottingham, England, has vanished, prompting sadness and frustration in the city.
The work of art depicts a girl appearing to hula-hoop with a tire from the bike, which was chained to a nearby pole outside a beauty salon.
Speculation grew after it sprang up on the corner of Rothesay Avenue in the Lenton district on Oct. 13, until the enigmatic graffiti artist confirmed he was its creator — leading sightseers to line up to visit it.
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However, the bicycle appears to have been stolen over the weekend.
Primary-school teacher Tracy Jayne, from Nottingham, noticed it had gone when she went to see it on Sunday morning.
“Everyone’s talking about it, but when we arrived I was like: ‘Oh my God, the bike’s gone,’” she said.
Her late husband worked for bicycle maker Raleigh, one of the largest companies in Nottingham until it closed in 2002 — meaning she had an emotional connection to the work, which was near the old factory.
“It’s a shame if someone has taken it and chosen to be that disrespectful, not just to Banksy himself but to the whole of Nottingham,” she said.
The council had protected the mural with clear plastic sheeting, but it was also targeted with spray paint at least twice.
“It’s really saddening there are people like that who want to destroy his art, what are they going to achieve from it?” Jayne said.
“I’m hoping the bike will be recovered. Sometimes things magically reappear,” she added.
“It was done for community spirit so for someone to do that it is really sad,” Maisie Garbin, a student at the University of Nottingham, told Nottinghamshire Live.
“I feel like Banksy has given us a gift when we were at a low with increasing infection rates ... The missing bike does take away from it,” said Louise Harrison, another nearby resident.
Surinder Kaur, who runs a nearby beauty salon, said the bike had appeared at the same time as the mural.
“Everyone is very excited and many, many people are coming to see the picture,” she said last month. “Everyone was confused about whether it was real or not real, but it’s an amazing picture, it’s amazing art.”
Nottinghamshire police are not thought to have received any reports about the missing bike as yet.
Banksy, who this summer financed a boat to rescue refugees attempting to reach Europe from north Africa, was contacted for comment.
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