Artists have repaired a mural that was recently defaced with graffiti on Charoen Krung 30 Road in Bang Rak district of Bangkok.
Bangkok governor Chadchart Sittipunt updated the public on the repairs in a Facebook Live video on Wednesday night. The French ambassador to Bangkok, Jean-Claude Poimboeuf, was also present to observe the restoration.
Three Thai artists from Chiang Mai joined Carolina Adán Caro, the Spanish artist who created the mural on a wall on the historical inner Bangkok road last month, according to the Bangkok governor.
The French embassy in Bangkok sponsored the murals on 15 walls in the locality. It was part of the ‘Krungthep Creative Streets’ project, a collaboration with 15 international artists to transform walls along Charoen Krung Road with permission from the property owners.
The original mural, completed on Sept 17, took Ms Adán Caro 10 days to paint.
CCTV footage captured three vandals destroying the artwork in minutes by spraying over it on Sept 27. The Bangkok governor said two of them were arrested and the other one remained at large.
He also said that City Hall was preparing more walls specifically for graffiti and street art. He encouraged interested people to use such walls instead of vandalising others.