New Banksy 'earring' mural appears on wall in Bristol

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A new mural by street artist Banksy has been painted on a wall in his home city of Bristol.

The image is a version of a famous painting by Dutch painter Johannes Vermeer called Girl with a Pearl Earring.

Girl with a Pierced Eardrum uses an alarm box as the earring instead of a pearl shown in the original painting.

The mural has already been vandalised with someone throwing black paint over it.

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This is a copy of the painting the mural is based on.

No one knows the true identity of the secretive artist.

He posted a photo of this latest piece of work on his website to show it was him who did it.

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