This past weekend, New Orleans’ Times-Picayune reported that one of the recent pieces completed by art/graffiti icon Banksy had been blotted out.

The piece in question featured a boy swinging on a Lifesaver candy. The work was on Reynes Street in historic New Orleans. The work was crossed out in red spray-paint, a tactic used by many graffiti writers to defame each other and encourage new work.

Banksy is an anonymous British 28 year-old. He has never confirmed his identity, nor real name. His work has sold for over half a million dollars. In the past, buildings where the famed artist has left his mark have disassembled the painted portions and sold them in auction.

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In addition to New Orleans, Banksy has believed to have recently left work in public spaces in Alabama, Brooklyn and Mississippi.