A controversial exhibition by graffiti artist Banksy has been closed for "legal reasons". The Turf War show was shut after a problem with the building, a disused garage in east London, reports the BBC. A spokeswoman for the show said the decision had nothing to do with the live cows and pigs which formed part of the exhibition. Animal rights protesters had complained at Banksy's use of painted live animals. The animals had been removed after becoming too hot and stressed - but the rest of the exhibition had remained open until Sunday. The Turf War show, which also included Banksy's version of Rodin's The Thinker sculpture and a painting of the baby Jesus with a bomb strapped to his chest, closed one day early. No further details on the legal problems were available. Banksy, from Bristol, aka Robin Banks, has been hailed as "Britain's most celebrated graffiti artist" and designed Blur's latest album cover. Turf War had included pigs painted in police colours, sheep painted in concentration camp stripes and a cow covered in images of Andy Warhol's face. The beasts were all show animals from Cheddar, Somerset, were used to being on public view, and the paint was animal-friendly, the spokeswoman said.