Banksy has offered to buy Reading prison, where Oscar Wilde was once imprisoned, by selling a stencil that he used in a piece honoring the Victorian author, according to the Guardian.
Already famous for The Picture of Dorian Gray and The Importance of Being Earnest, Wilde was imprisoned in Reading Gaol for two years beginning in 1895 for “gross indecency” resulting from having relationships with men.
Once he was released from prison he left for France and never returned to the U.K.
Banksy has promised to raise the asking price by selling the stencil that he used to create his artwork of the escaping writer, should the Reading prison accept this bid.