A life-size painting of the pope and a Swiss guard has been removed from a wall near the Vatican in Rome.
The mural showed Pope Francis as a graffiti artist on a step ladder, painting peace signs in a game of noughts and crosses whilst a guard looks out for police officers.
The painting was removed just hours after it was discovered.
It is thought a street artist, Mauro Pallotta, is behind the work.
He is known for signing his work with the name Maupal, according to the New Daily.
It has been reported he painted it a studio and pasted it up near the heart of Catholicism in Rome overnight.
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Article by Hannah Tooley
Hannah Tooley is a multimedia journalist for Premier.
