New Banksy artwork in London taken
It had been up less than an hour
People wearing masks have taken down a new Banksy artwork, within hours of it being unveiled in south-east London.
The black-silhouetted howling wolf appeared on a satellite dish - the fourth animal-themed instalment in as many days across the city.
A witness to the removal of a piece of Banksy artwork in Peckham has described his encounter with those taking it.
Tom Kellow, who lives in Peckham, said he had decided to walk down to Rye Lane to see the artwork on his lunch break.
He told the PA news agency: "I was walking down around 1pm and saw three guys nicking it.
"They had a ladder. There was one guy on the roof and the other two were watching the ladder.
"They saw me filming and it got a bit tetchy. One gave me a kick in the side and another tried to throw my phone on the roof. Luckily it hit a tree and came back down again.
"I told a police officer in the area about it.
"It's a great shame we can't have nice things and it's a shame it couldn't have lasted more than an hour."
A statement from the Metropolitan Police said: "We were called to reports of a stolen satellite dish containing artwork at 1.52pm on Thursday, 8 August in Rye Lane, Peckham.
"There have been no arrests. Inquiries continue."
The first piece of graffiti in Banksy's new animal-themed series, which was unveiled on Monday, is based near Kew Bridge in south-west London and shows a goat with rocks falling down below it, just above where a CCTV camera is pointed.
On Tuesday, the artist added another design to the collection: silhouettes of two elephants with their trunks stretched toward each other on the side of a building near Chelsea.
This was followed by a trio of monkeys looking as though they were swinging from underneath a bridge over Brick Lane, near a vintage clothing shop in the popular east London market street, not far from Shoreditch High Street.
The primates have been associated with the Japanese proverb "see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil".
In Banksy's work the monkeys are not covering their eyes, ears or mouths.
He did not write a caption for any of the photos, posted to his Instagram, which has fuelled speculation online about their meaning.
A man with bolt cutters removed another of the illusive creator's works - also in Peckham - in December.
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