London police have arrested two men accused of stealing Banksy’s latest work, less than an hour after confirming the art on Friday.
Banksy’s piece consisted of three military drones being placed on a red stop sign and was located in the Peckham section of south London, according to the Associated Press.
The sign was taken in the middle of the day by a man holding bold cutters, while witnesses took pictures and shot video of the heist.
After Banksy posted a picture of the sign on Instagram, some people predicted it would not last long, as some of his works have sold for tens of millions of dollars.
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One onlooker, who only wanted to be referred to as Alex, told the Associated Press he went to see the stop sign before anything happened to it. He, along with many onlookers, watched as a man in a red and black jacket climbed onto a bike next to the bolted sign and began hitting it with his hands.
“We said, ‘what are…