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A 16-year-old boy has been charged with two counts of graffiti for allegedly damaging murals by artist Scott Marsh in Sydney's inner west.

The mural in Erskineville has been vandalised multiple times over the past week, Credit:Nick Moir

The charges come after a week in which the public art of the Sydney artist sparked backlash and a spate of vandalism.

On Monday night the teenager allegedly was found to be damaging a mural on the wall of Bray Street in Erskineville, where Marsh's mural of the singer George Michael is located.