MELBOURNE, Aug 4 — A mural in the Australian city of Melbourne of US Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton in a revealing swimsuit, that was later updated to show her in a niqab, has been painted over.

The town council in the city suburb said the original image of Clinton wearing a stars-and-stripes swimsuit stuffed with US$100 bills had led to complaints from the community about the depiction of a near naked woman on the side of a scooter shop.

Media said the council had told street artist known as Lushsux to remove his mural last week or face a fine, with the building owner also threatened if the image remained.

Lushsux, who previously depicted US Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump in a mural, had by Monday updated the image of Clinton to show her in Islamic dress.

"If this Muslim woman offends u, u r a bigot, racist, sexist Islamophobe,” Lushsux wrote next to the Clinton mural.

Yesterday, the wall had been painted completely black. — Reuters

A combo picture shows a mural painted by street artist Lushsux, bearing the image of US Democratic Party nominee for President Hillary Clinton on the wall of a business in the Melbourne suburb of Footscray in Australia. — Reuters pic