Three works by Banksy have so far cost the public almost £150,000 in cleaning operations, security and administration, with the bill on the largest of the three still rising. The Metropolitan Police confirmed they received a report of criminal damage to the Royal Courts of Justice on 8 September and that the investigation remains ongoing with no arrests made. The broader context is a long and not always glorious history of decisions made about Banksy works on public and private property. For the Royal Courts of Justice, the immediate reality is more straightforward. More than £85,000 has been spent trying to remove a Banksy from a historic wall, and the work is not yet gone.