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The painting was described by the auction house as a "derisive portrayal of The House of Commons reduced to an assembly of parliamentary primates. The artist's reimagining of Claude Monet's "Bridge over a Pond of Water Lilies" piece was sold at Sotheby's in London last October following an eight-minute long bidding battle over the painting.

Featuring shopping carts and a traffic cone floating beneath the piece's famous Japanese water bridge, the artwork "presents a dialogue on the impact of the corporate world on our environment and the sacrifices made at the expense of so-called 'human progress'," Sotheby's said at the time. Towering at around 23 feet, "Forgive Us Our Trespassing" is the largest known work by Bansky, according to Sotheby's in Hong Kong , where it was sold in The painting features a boy wearing a cap on his knees with hands held together in a praying gesture.

A can of paint and paintbrush is also seen next to the boy, with a halo above him. The work was described to be a portrayal of Banksy's conflicted feelings as a graffiti artist, acknowledging those who see his work as vandalism and conveying that "he ultimately means well," Sotheby's said at the time. Banksy's "Mediterranean Sea," a triptych featuring three paintings, was sold at Sotheby's in London in The artwork, which features life jackets washed up along a shore and rocks peaking above crashing ocean waves, was thought to be a reaction to the European refugees crisis over the past decade.

All proceeds from the sale were reported to have been donated to a children's hospital in Bethlehem. News Banksy Paintings London Auction. Applause Banksy. Unsigned Print POA. Barcode Banksy.

Art Wanted View All Choose Your Weapon grey Banksy. Have this to sell? I want this too. Flying Copper Banksy. Kate Moss Banksy. Related Artists. Buy Artwork Sell Artwork. Keith Haring. Damien Hirst. Related Art View All But in the case of "Love is in the Bin," Banksy's rebellious cachet has come into question, since it is Sotheby's that ultimately benefited from the chaos around the sale.

The auction house maintains that its staff had no idea of what the artist had planned, with a spokesperson telling CNN over email: "We had no prior knowledge of this event and were not in any way involved. Some have commented that the unusual weight of the frame would have undeniably raised concerns, for one. And what does Sotheby's professed ignorance say about how they inspect the condition of other artworks that people bid on and purchase?

The identity of the winning bidder remains a mystery as well, though Sotheby's has described the buyer as a female collector from Europe and a long-standing client of the auction house. A few months after the auction, the Frieder Burda Museum in Baden-Baden, Germany, became the first public space to display the artwork.

It is currently on tour ahead of next month's sale, starting in London this weekend then moving on to Hong Kong, Taipei and New York. Onlookers at a Sotheby's auction react as Banksy's artwork is shredded in