( CNN ) A door bearing a graffiti drawing by British artist Banksy was seized by police in Gaza on Thursday after a dispute over its sale , a Gaza police official told CNN on Thursday . The owner of the door , Rabea Darduna , filed a complaint with a Gaza court stating that , without realizing its value , he sold the door for just $ 175 U.S . The iron door will remain in the possession of the Khan Younis police in southern Gaza until a court hearing at a date yet to be determined . When Darduna 's Gaza home was destroyed in last summer 's war , he says he felt he was left with nothing . Only a doorway and a door . He sold the door to bring in some money to care for his six children , not realizing the prize he had . `` We sold it as we would sell an iron door , '' Darduna said Monday , `` for $ 175 . And the man took it . '' Darduna says he was duped into believing the door was a normal door when it was really a canvas for Banksy , one of the world 's most famous graffiti artists , who had painted a Greek goddess with her head in her hand . The door was likely worth a small fortune -- a fortune Darduna gave away for a fraction of its value . `` Things started becoming clear that the artist is worldwide famous , and he drew it secretly , '' said Darduna . `` [ The buyer ] used us . My house is demolished . We 're destroyed emotionally . We ask him to return the door . '' Banksy 's graffiti in Gaza has become an attraction after he visited in February and painted a series of political messages . His works adorn walls and homes turning rubble into riches . Some of Banksy 's art has sold for hundreds of thousands of dollars . Banksy has never revealed his identity , but he is an English graffiti artist who began displaying his work in the early 1990s . His street art often portrays political and social messages . Mohammed Alshanbari says he 's had offers for Banksy 's portrait of a cat playing with a ball of mangled metal , but he refuses to sell . In text accompanying the image on his official website , Banksy wrote : `` A local man came up and said 'Please -- what does this mean ? ' I explained I wanted to highlight the destruction in Gaza by posting photos on my website -- but on the internet people only look at pictures of kittens . '' Alshanbari says he 's looking after the mural on the wall where his house once stood . `` A lot of people showed up and people asked to buy it , but I 'm keeping it , and I wo n't sell it , '' he says . `` It 's a graffiti from the most famous artist in the world , and I ca n't give it away . It stands where the house used to stand . I cleared a lot of rubble , but left the wall . '' CNN 's Talal Abu-Rahma reported from Gaza and CNN 's Steve Almasy reported from Atlanta . CNN 's Salma Abdelaziz and Oren Liebermann contributed to this report .
Rabea Darduna 's ancestral home was destroyed last year ; he locked his door to bring in some money . On Thursday , Gaza thieves seized the door , which had originally been sold for $ 500 U.S . Some of today 's furniture has sold for tens of thousands of dollars .