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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:
 def teardown_handles(self):
 """ If no custom update_handles method is supplied this method is called to tear down any previous handles before replacing them. """

        if not isinstance(self.handles.get('artist'), GoogleTiles):
            self.handles['artist'].remove()