A Banksy mural from a wall in London, estimated to be worth about million pounds, has been removed from the side of a shop and is set to go for auction in 2014.

The art has been removed from the side of a shop in Tottenham in North London yesterday. Many people from the area have said that the street art must be for the benefit for the community.

The Banksy mural has been taken down to be auctioned less than two months after the graffiti artist's Turnpike Lane art were auctioned in London. A sign with a boy and a girl throwing a sign which reads `no ball games' in the air was sprayed by the artist on the side of a shop on the corner of Philip Lane and Tottenham's High Road four years ago.

The move to remove the art has been criticized by the angry residents, who are about to lose another piece of art from their area.

Keith Flett, secretary of Haringey Trades Council said, "The Banksy was an important cultural feature of the area, and if it has been removed - which currently looks rather likely given the wall is being re-plastered - it will be another indication that local people's wishes in the area come second to the interests of profit."