Banksy’s identity ‘unravelled’ – new mystery man and defaced mural appearance

For 30 years, Banksy has continued to intrigue fans by keeping his identity a secret. Now a passerby has captured photographs he believes show Banksy at the site of a recent mural in Finsbury Park, London, on Saturday, March 23. The photos, which have only just surfaced, show a man with short hair and glasses, clad in a black Nike hoodie, standing before the now-famous painting of a lifesize woman holding a pressure washer beside a huge spray of green foliage. Banksy has claimed the work as his own, sparking great excitement amongst those in the area, and many were dismayed when, days later, the artwork was defaced with streaks of white paint. The photographer, who wishes to remain anonymous, says he had ‘a gut feeling’ he was looking at the mystery artist when he snapped the pics of the bespectacled man. He revealed: “I noticed the man in a black hoodie who seemed to have finished his work hand over a box to an assistant in a grey checked flannel shirt with grey hair. He then started to climb over the fence I had a gut feeling that it could be a Banksy mural and that was Banksy himself....