COMMUNITY artwork has been vandalised just two weeks after it was officially unveiled.
The mural was created by nearly 100 residents and installed in an underpass linking Goodwyns Road to the King George V Playing Field in North Holmwood,
The vibrant piece has been scratched off the wall near the entrance to the underpass from the playing field.
"They've scratched it and scraped it and it looks like they've tried to burn it," said Councillor Mick Longhurst (Lib Dem, Holmwoods).
Mr Longhurst believes the damage was done last weekend.
"It's such a shame.
"Why have they got to do it? It's been so nice walking through there.
"Everyone was very happy with it. A lot of people were involved in making it.
"Obviously this has been done by people who just aren't interested in that.
"It's like people have had a few drinks and gone through there and done it."
The colourful artwork was installed using an innovative digital wall wrap system which is the first of its kind in Surrey.
One side of the tunnel pictures the landscape at dawn and the other at dusk, portrayed using a subtly different colour palette. Photographs of the sky over Mole Valley provide the backdrop to the printed wildlife and trees.
Artist Becci Kenning led workshops with residents earlier this year to create pieces of work that have been incorporated into the final design, using painting, photography and block printing.
The project was organised by Mole Valley District Council and the Links Community Partnership, which is made up of a number of groups aiming to help develop the communities of Chart Downs, Goodwyns, Rough Rew and North Holmwood.
