“IT’S become quite a feature in the area and it’s disappointing to see some low-life cretin come along and do something like that to it,” says former Labor MP Bob Kucera. Emma Anna’s artwork at Ellesmere Reserve, Perth, Australia.  “You couldn’t even call them a halfwit. It’d take two of them to make a halfwit.”

The art is an oversized Scrabble rack with a second “I’ needed to complete the seven-letter-word bonus with “IMAGINE’.

Fingers are pointed at patrons leaving the nearby Charles Hotel and pub. Chris Angelokov , who works there, is unimpressed: “On the weekend I had Brian Cadd and Glen Shorrock on and the average age of my customers was about 58. Who in this age group would go across and vandalise the park? They were mature and well-behaved people…”

The Perth Voice sums up the news: