Not all vultures have feathers.A Palestinian man has claimed that he was tricked into selling a £400,000 Banksy mural for just £118.
Street artist Banksy visited Gaza in February and created several politically-motivated murals in the rubble of homes and buildings destroyed in the Gaza-Israel conflict, including a weeping Greek goddess on the sole remaining door of Rabie Darduna’s house.
But Mr. Darduna says he sold the mural for just 700 shekels (£118) to a man who claimed he worked for Bansky – and believes he has been duped.
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A Palestinian school girl walks to their family house passing by an empty frame destroyed doorway is seen standing on the rubble of a destroyed building that was damaged in last summer's Israel-Hamas war, without a door painting, presumably painted by British street graffiti artist Banksy, east of Jebaliya, in the northern Gaza Strip, Tuesday, March 31, 2015. Artworks by the elusive British graffiti artist Banksy are typically sold for hundreds of thousands of dollars, but in the Gaza Strip a local painter has succeeded in purchasing a Banksy original for less than $200. The popular street artist is believed to have sneaked into Gaza in February, leaving behind four murals including one drawn on a metal door that depicted a Greek goddess cowering against the rubble of a destroyed house. The painting of the goddess Niobe, titled "Bomb Damage," was drawn on the lone remaining part of a two-story house belonging to the Dardouna family in Jabaliya, northern Gaza Strip. (AP Photo/Adel Hana)Banksy left a number of artworks in war-torn Gaza (Picture: AP Photo/Adel Hana)
‘Really, we’re depressed,’ he said.
‘It’s a matter of fraud.’
The BBC managed to track down Belal Khaled, the man who allegedly duped Mr. Darduna out of hundreds of thousands of pounds.
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