'We are crying,': 8yo 'Goldsmith' mural in KL erased, street artist asks, 'Why?'

Volchkova’s 'Goldsmith' mural, which was painted on a building in Jalan Panggung in Kuala Lumpur, was covered up with white paint. Photo: Volchkovaart_/Instagram

A Russian artist has generated online debate after she took to social media seeking answers over a mural she had painted in 2016 in Kuala Lumpur being covered up with white paint.

The mural, named 'Goldsmith', was located on the side of a two-storey building in Jalan Panggung and depicted a bespectacled man in a white singlet hammering what appears to be a nail into an object.