LONDON.- The organisers of Art the Arms Fair, a unique art exhibition that has been set-up in opposition to the arms fair that has taken place this week in East London, have raised £205,000 from the auction of an exclusive new Banksy piece.

The piece, Civillian Drone Strike, depicts drones destroying a children’s drawing of a house. The money raised from the sale will be split between Campaign Against Arms Trade and Reprieve.

Art the Arms Fair has been a five day exhibition at SET space, 7th Floor, Captain House, London, E14 2BA. It has included exclusive new work from Banksy, Guerilla Girls, Peter Kennard and Darren Cullen.

Andrew Smith of Campaign Against Arms Trade said: “The arms fair is a moral abomination, it thrives on dodgy deals and secrecy - regardless of the consequences. If the government is determined to keep ignoring serious accusations of war crimes, as well as terrible repression and UK public opinion, then we need to take action.

This money will be used to ensure we mobilise even more people against the immoral activities of arms companies, and against the next arms fair, so that we can stop it from happening. It’s time to shut it down for good.”

The arms fair was attended by 1600 companies, as well as human rights abusing regimes from around the world: including Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Egypt Algeria and Philippines.