When oyou hang a replacement, use some stiff wire to tie the basket to the hanger.
If they cannot get it off then you have a better chance of keeping it, or them pulling the whole wall down
I once had the bright idea of putting a massive chimney pot in my front yard when I lived in Burnley, it took 2 to move it.
Woke one morning to find it had gone. I should have cemented it in.