• iconNews
  • videos
  • entertainment
  • Home
  • News
    • UK News
    • US News
    • Australia
    • Ireland
    • World News
    • Weird News
    • Viral News
    • Sport
    • Technology
    • Science
    • True Crime
    • Travel
  • Entertainment
    • Celebrity
    • TV & Film
    • Netflix
    • Music
    • Gaming
    • TikTok
  • LAD Originals
    • Say Maaate to a Mate
    • Daily Ladness
    • Lad Files
    • UOKM8?
    • FreeToBe
    • Extinct
    • Citizen Reef
  • Advertise
  • Terms
  • Privacy & Cookies
  • LADbible Group
  • UNILAD
  • SPORTbible
  • GAMINGbible
  • Tyla
  • UNILAD Tech
  • FOODbible
  • License Our Content
  • About Us & Contact
  • Jobs
  • Latest
  • Topics A-Z
  • Authors
Facebook
Instagram
X
Threads
Snapchat
TikTok
YouTube

LAD Entertainment

YouTube

LAD Stories

Submit Your Content
Identity revealed of mystery bloke accused of being Banksy at site of new artwork

Home> News> UK News

Updated 16:34 25 Mar 2024 GMTPublished 16:32 25 Mar 2024 GMT

Identity revealed of mystery bloke accused of being Banksy at site of new artwork

People reckoned the fella was the artist himself.

Jess Battison

Jess Battison

The identity of the mystery bloke accused of being Banksy has been revealed.

After the legendary graffiti artist recently launched a new piece in Finsbury Park, London, a witness claimed he’d stuck around.

What is Banksy's first confirmed artwork of 2024?

Bansky confirmed he was behind the latest piece – a woman blasting green paint onto a white wall behind a bare tree.

Some locals of Hornsey Road actually fear it’s going to send their rent ‘skyrocketing’ as people flock to see the art.

Advert

And while people have been heading over to see the green graffiti on the white peeling side of a building, one reckoned they’d seen Banksy himself there too.

A witness claimed they’d seen a man who bore a 'striking resemblance' to someone who has previously been rumoured to be the mystery spray painter.

Banksy has claimed the Finsbury Park mural.
Rasid Necati Aslim/Anadolu via Getty Images

Why do people think Robin Gunningham is Banksy?

Way back in 2008, reports began to speculate that Robin Gunningham was actually Banksy.

Advert

This theory got legs following a lawsuit which was launched against Banksy's company, Pest Control Ltd.

Andrew Gallagher took the firm to court over defamation claims, while also suing a bloke named Robin Gunningham. People naturally connected the dots.

The fella spotted at Finsbury Park in recent days is said to have similar features as Gunningham, but he’s now spoken out and said he’s not him.

People were convinced this man is Banksy, but it turns out he's not.
SWNS

Who was the man spotted in Finsbury Park accused of being Banksy?

The Sun tracked down the mystery man, confirming his name is actually George Georgiou.

Advert

The 67-year-old builder said he’s the dad of the landlord of the graffitied building, Alex Georgiou, and has been there to install Perspex to protect the Banksy piece.

While waiting for a delivery on Monday he told The Sun ‘all hell broke loose’ when the art appeared and onlookers spotted him.

“Instead of just whipping a picture, they should've just said who are you? Would've been so much easier,” he said.

"It's nonsense. I'm the landlord's father. I know nothing at all about the work. We found out at about 3pm on Sunday afternoon. One of the tenants rang my son up and told him.”

SWNS

Advert

With the work already having been vandalised, George said he’s spent nearly £2,500 on perspex so far and has 24/7 security to protect it.

And even though he’s not too bothered about it, he has no plans to sell it.

“I'd like to get a roller and go over it, get it over and done with, just paint it. It's not a masterpiece by any stretch of the imagination,” he admitted.

"It's for the public really. Unfortunately, there are a bit too many jealous people around.

"Am I fan? I dunno, not a thing I have ever really thought about. We are running round like headless chickens trying to protect it."

Advert

Well, we’re still no closer to knowing who Banksy is then.

Featured Image Credit: SWNS

Topics: Banksy, UK News, London

Jess Battison
Jess Battison

Jess is a Senior Journalist with a love of all things pop culture. Her main interests include asking everyone in the office what they're having for tea, waiting for a new series of The Traitors and losing her voice at a Beyoncé concert. She graduated with a first in Journalism from City, University of London in 2021.

X

@jessbattison_

Advert

Advert

Advert

  • Banksy has identity ‘revealed’ in newly released BBC interview from 2003
  • New Banksy piece stolen moments after artist shares picture of it in London
  • New Banksy appears in London for ninth straight day and people think it's final piece of the jigsaw
  • Expert shares interesting theory on true meaning behind the nine Banksy artworks that have appeared in London

Choose your content:

an hour ago
3 hours ago
  • an hour ago

    Keir Starmer speaks out after British girl sent home from school for wearing Union Jack dress on culture day

    The school has since issued an apology

    News
  • an hour ago

    Brit, 69, detained after ‘smuggling £350k-worth of drugs in secret compartment of his car’ into Spain

    He was said to be boarding the car ferry in Ceuta, Spain

    News
  • 3 hours ago

    Doctor reveals patient's brain turned blue after taking 'limitless pill' that's gone viral on TikTok

    People on social media have hailed the substance a ‘game changer for mental clarity and longevity’

    News
  • 3 hours ago

    Doctor shares the nine warning signs of heart failure and how to spot them

    Dr Jen Caudle has revealed the nine 'most common' symptoms of the condition

    News