Mona has appeared in London, in what seems to be a politically motivated artwork by the stencil artist Banksy. She is shown wielding a deadly weapon, yet still has her notably mysterious smile.

Many paintings gain popularity and then fall from the public eye. Da Vinci’s Mona Lisa has been an inspirational force for many artists, and it seems that she lives on, gaining immortality through the works of others, and always with her mysterious smile. The popularity of her image outlives the lifespan of the artworks in which she is depicted, as they are often destroyed during renovations or painted over.

班克西的這幅鋼印畫似乎帶有某些政治味道，蒙娜麗莎肩扛致命武器，同她那經典的神秘微笑一起現跡倫敦。

很多畫作在贏得世人的聲望后便匿跡與人們的視線中了，達芬奇的蒙娜麗莎則不盡然，她成為了眾多藝術家的靈感源泉，在他們的作品中獲得了不朽，并似乎始終掛著那神秘的微笑活在人間。由于新作經常在革新或涂抹覆蓋中損毀，她在原作中的形象的壽命遠比那些改編作品更長更悠遠。