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Banksy piece in honour of NHS Covid heroes sold for £17m in record-breaking auction

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Banksy piece created by the mystery painter in honour of Covid NHS heroes sold for a record breaking £16.7m.The artwork features a young boy kneeling down playing with his toys, choosing to ditch Batman and Spider-Man in favour of a caped nurse.

Titled "Game Changer," the nurse can be seen wearing a mask, a nod to the battle NHS staff endured on the frontline of the pandemic.Banksy made the work as a thank you the health service and delivered it out of the blue to Southampton general hospital in May 2020.It had hung in the corridor of the hospital as a daily morale boost, but it has since been replaced by a copy, with the original listed on Christie's Auctioneer website.

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