A Banksy painting showing the House of Commons packed full of chimpanzees is to be auctioned and could fetch a record £2m for one of the artist's creations.
The artwork, titled Devolved Parliament, was completed by the famous artist in 2009 and is expected to sell for £1.5 - 2 million, according to auctioneer Sotheby's.
Banksy 's current auction record stands at £1.87 million for Keep It Spotless, sold in New York in 2008.
The painting goes on sale on October 3 just weeks before the Brexit deadline of October 31 and after years of parliamentary wrangling over Britain's plans to leave the EU.
The anonymous artist created 'Devolved Parliament' for the takeover of the Bristol Museum a decade ago, which attracted more than 300,000 visitors.
Alec Branczik, European head of contemporary art at Sotheby’s, said: “Regardless of where you sit in the Brexit debate, there’s no doubt that this work is more pertinent now than it has ever been, capturing unprecedented levels of political chaos and confirming Banksy as the satirical polemicist of our time."
The painting will be auctioned in the same room where Banksy shocked the world by shredding one of his works a moment after it was sold last year.
It stands at 13 feet across, making it the artist’s largest known canvas.
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