Banksy‘s guerrilla artworks have generated millions of dollars in auction sales and drawn crowds wherever they appear. They’ve also left British taxpayers footing a growing cleanup bill.

Public authorities across London have spent nearly $203,000 removing, protecting, and managing three of the anonymous street artist’s works since 2024, according to figures obtained by the BBC through Freedom of Information requests. The total will keep going up as officials continue efforts to erase one of the artist’s latest murals from the walls of London’s Royal Courts of Justice last year.