The stolen work is one of several versions of 'Girl with Balloon', a stencilled image of a child reaching for a heart-shaped red balloon.
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00:00Two men have been charged with burglary over the theft of an artwork by street artist Banksy
00:07that was taken in a smash-and-grab raid on a London gallery.
00:12The Metropolitan Police said Larry Fraser and James Love are alleged to have taken Girl
00:16with Balloon from the Grove Gallery on Sunday night.
00:21The suspects appeared at Wimbledon Magistrates Court on Thursday and were ordered detained
00:25until their next hearing on 9 October.
00:30Surveillance camera footage showed a masked man smashing a glass door before dashing in
00:34and taking the picture from the wall.
00:37Police said they have recovered the work, which is valued in court documents at €319,000.
00:43Originally stenciled on a wall in East London, Girl with Balloon has been endlessly reproduced,
00:49becoming one of Banksy's best-known images.
00:52Banksy, who has never confirmed his full identity, began his career spray-painting buildings
00:57in Bristol and has become one of the world's best-known artists.