Banksy pledges to help save Reading Jail

Banksy has pledged to raise millions in order to buy Reading Prison so that it can be turned into an arts venue.
The artist painted a mural on the building in March, showing a prisoner – resembling famous inmate Oscar Wilde – escaping using a rope fashioned from bedsheets tied to a typewriter. Banksy subsequently confirmed that the piece was his own creation. He has now offered to sell the stencil he used on the Grade II-listed building to match the £10million asking price.
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