Boy given £20,000 Banksy print
A boy has been given a £20,000 Banksy print by a stranger.
''I picked them up for him and after that he started signing it in weird letters and numbers. He said, 'Do you know who Robin Banks is?'''
Ben Azarya was gifted a signed copy of one of the street artist's iconic designs by an unidentified man - who is believed to have been Banksy himself - after the 14-year-old schoolboy helped him pick up some tins of paint on a train.
The man also introduced himself as Robin Banks - a name that has been linked to the elusive artist in the past - while the pair travelled on the train in Oxenholme, Cumbria.
Ben told the Daily Mirror newspaper: ''He was on the phone for most of the time talking to someone called AK47.⨠He opened his rucksack and had a gas mask and spray paints inside.
''He got out a piece of paper and had colours marked on it of what he had been trying out and he dropped his colours.
''I picked them up for him and after that he started signing it in weird letters and numbers. He said, 'Do you know who Robin Banks is?'''
Ben - who is now planning to get the print authenticated - has already planned how he will spend his money.
He said: ''I will probably spend about £1,000 and get a new phone and save the rest.''
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