These photos show the anti-racism daubed on the Robert the Bruce statue in Bannockburn – and the clean-up operation to remove it.
![The statue of King Robert the Bruce at Bannockburn has been graffitied with messages calling for the monument to be removed.](https://www.thestar.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjU0MDYzYjYwLWYwOWMtNDYxZC1hOTQ0LTZhODNiYTc3NTUzZDoyZTI3YTkyOS1iOGU0LTRkZjMtYmI4MS1mNDJkNmJhZDgyZGQ=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
1. Robert the Bruce
The statue of King Robert the Bruce at Bannockburn has been graffitied with messages calling for the monument to be removed. Photo: John Devlin
![The graffiti labeled Robert a “racist king”, and called for the statue’s removal.](https://www.thestar.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjE2ZWFmMjI1LWVmNmMtNGI2MS05OGNkLTkyNjllN2U5M2U1MDoxNzQ4NGFjNS1jNjQ4LTQyMjAtODlkZS1lZjZkNGMxNjBiYjM=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
2. The rotunda
The graffiti labeled Robert a “racist king”, and called for the statue’s removal. Photo: John Devlin
![Writing sprayed onto the stone rotunda at the Stirlingshire site reads: “Robert was a racist, bring down the statue.”](https://www.thestar.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOmJiNTBhZDhjLWU4NDgtNDk2MS04ZDdiLWIyMzJiZDNlNzRlZjo5NjIzMTQ3NC00ZWVhLTQ4ZjItODdkYS0wYTM4NGExNGU0Nzg=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
3. Grade A listed
Writing sprayed onto the stone rotunda at the Stirlingshire site reads: “Robert was a racist, bring down the statue.” Photo: John Devlin
![The graffiti is understood to have appeared late last night, after one local dog walker said the writing was not present when he passed the monument at 11pm.](https://www.thestar.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOmExZTc2YTU3LTBjYWUtNGJlOS04NjA0LWU3NWVkMzc5Nzg4NDo2ZGViYTU0Ny05ZTlmLTQ5NTMtYjVkMy01ZGZlZDY4NGI0ZjM=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
4. Anti-racism graffiti
The graffiti is understood to have appeared late last night, after one local dog walker said the writing was not present when he passed the monument at 11pm. Photo: John Devlin