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    Banksy unveils 7th piece of street art over last week in drawing rampage

    By David Propper,

    14 hours ago

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    Elusive artist Banksy has been on a rampage of animal-inspired drawing s over the last week in London – with his latest piece of work a group of piranhas on a police sentry box.

    The new street graffiti of the killer fish was first spotted Sunday morning and is among seven new Banksy pieces scattered around the city in as many days.

    The fresh series of artwork from the street artist also includes a goat, a pair of elephants, three monkeys, a wolf howling under the moon, two pelicans and a stretched-out cat, according to recent Instagram posts where he takes credit for the art.

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    A fan looks at the New Banksy artwork at Lugate Hill in the City of London. ZUMAPRESS.com

    Banksy takes credit for new west London goat artwork — as fans rush to site

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    A worker installs barriers around a new Banksy artwork on a police sentry box in the City of London. The artwork, depicting a school of fish, is the seventh new artwork in as many days in London by the elusive street artist ZUMAPRESS.com / MEGA

    The group of piranhas that appear to be swimming in a fish tank on the London police glass booth is located on Ludgate Hill near The Old Bailey and St. Paul’s Cathedral, according to BBC.

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    Crowds reportedly quickly arrived to take photos of the new art inside the booth before authorities installed barriers.

    Artist Daniel Lloyd-Morgan called the week-long art “uplifting.”

    “It’s not just about the artwork, it’s about the whole environment he’s creating, it becomes a sort of work of art itself – what happens to it, people steal it or take it away,” he told BBC.

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    Some of the new pieces haven’t remained untouched for long.

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    Visitors take a selfie at the ‘Banksy’ Piranha fish that appear in City of London in a police box near St Paul’s cathedral. Matthew Chattle/Shutterstock

    The wolf on a satellite dish was removed by alleged thieves and the cat on an empty billboard was taken down by contractors with plans to donate it to an art gallery, according to the Guardian.

    A City of London Corporation spokesperson told the outlet in a statement it was working to ensure the piranhas on the police box would be preserved.

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