His identity is a closely guarded secret, with some people believing it covers a team of artists rather than a lone genius. But Louis Theroux believes he has unmasked the real Banksy.
Or, rather, he did in 2001, at a Queens Park Rangers match of all places, where they bonded over a mutual appreciation for a “lanky, ungainly” young Peter Crouch.
Documentary maker Louis, who was in a VIP box watching QPR take on Fulham, recalls: “One of the people was a young artist. He wasn’t terribly outgoing. “He said he was a street artist, and he gave me a little booklet of some of his art.
It looked quite good. “I made awkward chitchat... he said his name was Banksy. Fast forward a year, and people were going: ‘Have you heard about this guy called
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