Banksy’s latest artwork on the coronavirus has been removed from the London Underground

Well, that was brief lived.

Hours after avenue artist Banksy posted an Instagram video of him tagging a London Underground practice together with his latest artwork urging individuals to put on masks, Transport for London confirmed that it had been removed.

The work was removed “some days ago” as a result of it was in violation of TfL’s “strict anti-graffiti policy,” a spokesperson for the transportation company mentioned in an announcement.

Even although it was erased, the spokesperson mentioned that TfL appreciated “the sentiment of encouraging people to wear face coverings” and that it wish to “offer Banksy the chance to do a new version of his message for our customers in a suitable location.”

Earlier on Tuesday, the reclusive artist uploaded a video of himself dressed as a cleaner spraying graffiti on the London Underground.

The caption in the put up reads, “If you don’t mask – you don’t get.”

In the clip, Banksy paints rats — one sneezing, one other utilizing a masks as a parachute and yet one more holding a bottle of sanitizer — earlier than tagging the practice together with his moniker.

The video ends with music from the 1997 hit “Tubthumping” by British rock band Chumbawamba. The opening lyrics — “I get knocked down, but I get up again” — play as the Tube doorways shut.

Banksy spray-painted, “I get lockdown, but I get up again” in the station and inside the practice’s doorways.