Council surveillance team in Leigh - on - Sea removes a Banksy image from a council building . The image showed pigeons directing anti - immigration signs toward an exotic - looking bird . An election is taking place after a local councillor defected to UKIP , which wants to stop migration . The officers did not realize the mural they were removing was by the famously anonymous graffiti artist Banksy , he said . Council spokesman says Banksy is welcome to return any time to do an ` ` appropriate '' work .
Council surveillance team in Leigh - on - Sea removes a Banksy image from a council building . The image showed pigeons directing anti - immigration signs toward an exotic - looking bird . An election is taking place after a local councillor defected to UKIP , which wants to stop migration . Council spokesman says Banksy is welcome to return any time to do an ` ` appropriate '' work .