A SUSPECTED Banksy mural showing a child holding a colourful kite has popped up in Winchester.
Locals were left stunned after the graffiti-style artwork suddenly appeared on a wall on the outskirts of the Hampshire town.
In the mural, a little boy is depicted holding a real kite which is attached to his hand by a piece of string.
Resident Liz Kavanagh stumbled upon the black and white piece on a wall near the Handlebar Cafe while on a walk this morning.
Ms Kavanagh, 48, said: “We regularly walk the dog down there and it’s a sort of well-known Winchester hang-out spot for families.
“You don’t expect to see that sort of thing.
“Winchester is quite a middle class place so this is nice to see, something a bit more edgy than what you would normally find here.
“The people I spoke to don't seem to mind if it's a Banksy or not, they just think it's nice to see something like this and the possibility that it could be genuine is very exciting.”
A snap of the mural has been viewed by thousands of intrigued locals on social media.
Ms Kavanagh added: “It's obviously in the same style as Banksy's other artworks so who knows, maybe Winchester does have its very own Banksy now.
“We will just have to wait and see."
Banksy will often confirm whether he is the creator of a piece of artwork by posting it on his Instagram – though he is yet to do so for this particular mural.
It comes after a possible new Banksy was spotted on the side of Reading Prison earlier this month.
The image shows a prisoner escaping the now-closed institution with a typewriter in his hand.
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