FOOTSCRAY – A mural in Melbourne’s inner west of US presidential nominee Hillary Clinton in a revealing swimsuit that was later updated to show her in a niqab, has been painted over.

Maribyrnong Council said the original image of Clinton wearing a stars-and-stripes swimsuit with $100 notes tucked into it had led to complaints from the residents about the depiction of a near naked woman on the side of a scooter shop in Footscray.

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.

On Wednesday, the wall had been painted completely black.

– with Reuters