Police credit ‘Ninja’ Banksy for Oscar Wilde artwork at Reading prison

Police have credited ‘Ninja’ Banksy for an paintings, believed to depict Oscar Wilde, that has appeared on the partitions of a former jail in Studying.

In a tweet, an officer from the Thames Valley Policing Group stated: “Banksy has visited the previous Studying Jail like a ninja and left this piece of artwork.

“It is attracting a whole lot of consideration so please watch out and take note of the vehicles driving previous.

“I am glad I do know it is closed down in any other case I would of needed to double take!”

Nevertheless, the Bristol-based artist whose id is a carefully guarded secret has but to verify the work is his.

Banksy normally provides pictures of his work to his Instagram account round 24 hours after the work seem, however the Studying jail paintings will not be but been uploaded.

The jail portray appeared in a single day between Sunday February 28 and Monday March 1. It exhibits a person making his escape from the jail utilizing a rope made from knotted sheets. The prisoner is escaping with a type-writer, which has led to hypothesis it depicts Oscar Wilde – who was jailed for being homosexual and incarcerated at Studying Jail between 1895 and 1897.

Folks in Studying are pleading with the artist to assert duty, experiences BerkshireLive.

“Please put us out of our distress right here in Studying! Did you paint the escaping prisoner on Studying Jail?,” commented one reader.

Consultants are satisfied the brand new paintings is a Banksy unique, experiences BerkshireLive. And one passerby noticed a “very scruffy” man along with his hood, who he was satisfied was the elusive artist, when he noticed scaffolding being erected to do the paintings.