A statue of David Bowie was defaced with graffiti less than 48 hours after it was unveiled in Aylesbury, England.
In green spray paint, the words “RIP DB,” and “Feed The Homeless First” covered the ground in front of the statue and the wall behind it.
The statue was unveiled on Sunday in the town where Bowie debuted his Ziggy Stardust persona. Marillion lead singer Steve Hogwarth unveiled the statue and on Tuesday morning, he announced that the statue had been vandalized.
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The statue, which features speakers that play a Bowie song every hour, was paid for by grants and a crowdfunding campaign led by music promoter David Stopps.
“It is a public piece of art, and we will keep looking after it on a daily basis,” Stopps told the BBC. “There is a webcam on it 24/7, so whoever did it, we have got them on webcam.”
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“Taxpayers will now be paying for the cleanup, so it is the vandal who will ironically be taking money away from the homeless,” local resident Helen Light told the BBC.
A Bowie super fan has promised to donate £5,000 (C$9,050) to a homeless charity if the person who vandalized the statue of the late music icon comes forward.
Watch the footage of the Bowie statue vandalism in the video above.
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