When asked of the prank, Alex Branczik, Sotheby's Senior Director and Head of Contemporary Art, Europe, said: ‘It appears we just got Banksy-ed.’ Branczik insisted that Sotheby’s was ‘not in on the ruse’. The gallery version featured spray paint and acrylic on canvas, mounted on a board.Alex Branczik, Sotheby's Senior Director | Head of Contemporary Art, Europe The framed, stencil spray painting shows a girl reaching towards a heart-shaped balloon. But to their disappointment, it was later revealed to be a parking attendant from the local council. Dismaland sighting - In 2015, fans were convinced they spotted a man who they thought might look like Banksy outside his Dismaland installation in Weston-super-Mare.
Bristol video footage - Grainy 47-second clip shows a man in a hoodie and a painter's face mask using stencils and cardboard to spray fresh graffiti in an underpass in Bansky's native Bristol in 2010.Bethlehem pictures - William Kasper, from London, believed he had unmasked the graffiti king with pictures captured in 2007. Members of the public later identified the painter as James Ame - also known as aka AM72 - a UK painter who lives in Israel.Liverpool pub sighting - A photo showing a man wearing a high-vis jacket appearing to start work on a painting of a giant white rat on the White Horse pub in Liverpool in 2004 sparked speculation Banksy had finally been unmasked.I think he has flipped the world of art over." He said: "No disrespect to Rob, I think he is a brilliant artist. Robert Del Naja was touted as the anonymous artist in 2017 when Bristol DJ Goldie appeared to name the Massive Attack member, a personal friend, in an interview.
Representatives for the artist have denied the theory. Years later researchers at Queen Mary University of London used "geographic profiling" to match the locations of Banksy paintings to a pub, playing fields and residential addresses with links to Gunningham.
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