Overview

• Workers scrubbed the mural on Sept. 10, two days after Banksy authenticated it on Instagram.
• HM Courts and Tribunals Service said it ordered the removal to maintain the building’s original character.
• The Metropolitan Police recorded a Sept. 8 report of criminal damage at the site and said inquiries are ongoing.
• The artwork depicted a wigged judge striking a prone protester who held a blood-stained placard.
• The piece appeared days after nearly 900 arrests at a London protest over the ban on Palestine Action, which some activists linked to its message.