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work features a young girl reaching for a red heart-shaped
balloon and there are several murals depicting the same image in
London and elsewhere.
The painting was the only item stolen on Sept. 8, police said,
adding it would be returned to the gallery.
The two men, aged 47 and 53, were charged with burglary on
Thursday and remain in police custody.
They have already appeared in court where they were bailed, and
will next appear before a judge on Oct. 9.
The "Girl with Balloon" first appeared on the streets of
London's Shoreditch neighborhood in 2002, with Banksy creating
versions of the painting on London's South Bank in 2004 and at
Israel's barrier at the West Bank in 2005.
Banksy rose to fame for sharply ironic outdoor graffiti with
political themes. Once a small-time graffiti artist from the
English city of Bristol, his art work has become hugely popular
and valuable.
(Reporting by Catarina Demony; Editing by Andrew Cawthorne)
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