VIDEOS: Elusive Street Artist Banksy Uses LES MISERABLES Logo To Protest French Tear-Gassing of Refugees

For over two decades the elusive and unidentified British-based street artist known as Banksy has been intriguing passers-by and confounding authorities with works of graffiti - sometimes whimsical, sometimes making social statements - that have caused both sensations and controversy.

The artist's newest work uses the familiar logo of the world-wide musical hit, LES MISERABLES, to protest the French government's treatment of thousands of refugees living in a camp referred to as The Jungle, near the port of Calais, where asylum-seekers have attempted to cross the channel into England by stowing away on ships and on trains using the tunnel.

Located on a building across from Britain's French Embassy in Knightsbridge, Banksy's mural depicts Victor Hugo's Cosette engulfed in a cloud of tear gas. A QR code located next to the piece scans to a YouTube video titled "Calais Jungle police assaults." The footage claims to show attacks with tear gas, rubber bullets and a water cannon at the camp's entrance.

After at least one robbery attempt, the building's owner has unsuccessfully tried to have the piece removed without causing damage. It has now been boarded up for protection.