Elusive artist Banksy has claimed a new sculpture in central London of a man striding off a plinth with their face smothered by a billowing flag.The sculpture is on a plinth in Waterloo Place, just off The Mall, and bears Banksy's signature.It is positioned on a traffic island in Pall Mall where Banksy said: "There was a bit of a gap."It is situated close to statues of Edward VII and Florence Nightingale, and the Crimean War Memorial.The Press Association understands the artist revealed the unso

Elusive artist Banksy has claimed a new sculpture in central London of a man striding off a plinth with their face smothered by a billowing flag.The sculpture is on a plinth in Waterloo Place, just off The Mall, and bears Banksy's signature.It is positioned on a traffic island in Pall Mall where Banksy said: "There was a bit of a gap."It is situated close to statues of Edward VII and Florence Nightingale, and the Crimean War Memorial.The Press Association understands the artist revealed the unsolicited monument at some point in the early hours of Wednesday, claiming it a day later.