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| Removed Banksy taken from boys' club to Bristol Museum | Removed Banksy taken from boys' club to Bristol Museum |
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| The Banksy picture at the centre of a row over ownership has been moved from a youth club by police and taken to Bristol City Museum and Art Gallery. | The Banksy picture at the centre of a row over ownership has been moved from a youth club by police and taken to Bristol City Museum and Art Gallery. |
| The piece, showing a couple embracing while checking their mobile phones, was taken from a council-owned wall by the club's leader, Dennis Stinchcombe, shortly after it appeared. | The piece, showing a couple embracing while checking their mobile phones, was taken from a council-owned wall by the club's leader, Dennis Stinchcombe, shortly after it appeared. |
| He said he had wanted to raise money by auctioning the piece for up to £1m. | He said he had wanted to raise money by auctioning the piece for up to £1m. |
| The city's mayor George Ferguson said Mr Stinchombe had made a mistake. | |
| The artwork was taken to the museum for safekeeping on Wednesday night. A spokesman said the museum was used to holding "high value" works. | The artwork was taken to the museum for safekeeping on Wednesday night. A spokesman said the museum was used to holding "high value" works. |
| Before it was taken from the club, Mr Stinchcombe, who removed the work from the wall on Tuesday just hours after it had been discovered, said he hoped to raise £100,000 for the struggling Broad Plain Boys' Club by auctioning it. | Before it was taken from the club, Mr Stinchcombe, who removed the work from the wall on Tuesday just hours after it had been discovered, said he hoped to raise £100,000 for the struggling Broad Plain Boys' Club by auctioning it. |
| He said he had since received an offer of £1m for the piece, and losing it from the club "broke his heart". | He said he had since received an offer of £1m for the piece, and losing it from the club "broke his heart". |
| "How often do you see a million pounds walk out of your club?" he said. | |
| Bristol's elected mayor George Ferguson said: "As far as we know it belongs to the city. | Bristol's elected mayor George Ferguson said: "As far as we know it belongs to the city. |
| "What's important is that it's available for everybody to see. | "What's important is that it's available for everybody to see. |
| "I believe street art is street art and that's where it belongs, but in the interim we now have the panel back from the club and it's in the hands of the police. | "I believe street art is street art and that's where it belongs, but in the interim we now have the panel back from the club and it's in the hands of the police. |
| "I think it was probably a mistake to wrench it off the wall. | |
| "I'm delighted that Dennis has made a tough judgement call and has turned over the artwork to us, via the police." | |
| Mr Ferguson added that the Banksy would "hopefully" be on display at the city's museum over the Easter weekend. | |
| He said he will be asking Banksy if he can provide a limited-edition print which could be sold in aid of the boys' club. | |
| "In the meantime we shall be working with a local publisher to produce postcards and prints for sale in aid of Broad Plain Boys' Club, and I have asked for a collection box at the museum for them. | |
| "This hopefully will represent a win-win for everyone." |