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One-of-a-kind Banksy artwork worth £10m destroyed by Christopher Walken on the Bristol set of The Outlaws
FILM legend Christopher Walken painted over a £10million Banksy artwork while filming BBC comedy drama The Outlaws.
The Pulp Fiction star used a roller and magnolia emulsion to cover the artist’s graffiti.
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But the shock scene was all part of a plot hatched between the show’s creators and Banksy himself.
The artwork was daubed on a wall of the show’s set in Bristol.
Mystery man Banksy is a fan of Hollywood actor Christopher, 78, and also appreciated that writer Stephen Merchant, 46 — a fellow Bristolian — was showcasing his home city.
A spokesman for the production said: “We can confirm that the artwork at the end of The Outlaws was an original Banksy, and that Christopher Walken painted over that artwork during the filming of this scene, ultimately destroying it.”
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The scene in the show, which airs every Monday on BBC1, comes in the final episode which recently went on iPlayer as part of the boxset.
The idea of his artwork being destroyed is a concept that Banksy has explored previously.
In 2018, his Girl with a Balloon image was sold at auction for £1million — and simultaneously went partially through a shredder that Banksy had hidden inside the frame.
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