Recovery reports
Banksy's Girl with Balloon recovered
Police announced the recovery after the work was stolen from a London gallery on 8 September.
Documented dossier
Banksy
Banksy’s archive follows Girl with Balloon, the Bataclan mural and a Spanish investigation into alleged fake works. These cases involve different objects and legal questions. Recovery, return and an investigation into authenticity are presented separately rather than treated as interchangeable outcomes.
4 reports · Source dates: 14 Jun 2018 — 13 Sept 2024
Recovery reports 1Forgery proceedings 1Restitution reports 1Theft reports 1
Each entry reflects its source on the stated date. A historical theft report does not mean a work remains missing. Attributions, allegations and decisions remain distinct; this dossier does not authenticate artworks.
Reports and developments
Newest source reports first
Forgery proceedings
Spanish police investigate sale of fake Banksy works
Reuters reported that the works were presented as part of Banksy’s Dismaland project. The report concerns a police investigation.
Restitution reports
Banksy’s stolen Bataclan mural recovered and returned to France
Reuters reported that Italy returned Banksy’s Bataclan fire-exit-door mural to France on 14 July 2020. Stolen in January 2019, the door had been found in an Italian farmhouse in June 2020.
Theft reports
Banksy’s Trolley Hunters stolen from Toronto exhibition
Toronto police investigated the reported theft of a Trolley Hunters print from a privately organised Banksy exhibition. Documentary image from surveillance footage published by NDTV.