I am NOT Banksy: Mystery man being mistaken for street artist says he’s a builder whose son owns the wall in Finsbury Park the painter’s latest creation is on – and he thinks it looks ‘a bloody mess’ [Video]

16:07 EDT 25 Mar 2024 , updated 16:12 EDT 25 Mar 2024

The mystery man who excited fans claimed is the elusive Banksy has slammed the theories as false – telling MailOnline his first thoughts upon seeing the artist’s latest installation was ‘what a bloody mess’.

George Georgiou, 67, woke up this morning to find himself at the centre of a Banksy identification storm after he was pictured helping install perspex to protect the artist’s latest mural which appeared on Hornsey Road in Finsbury Park.

Those visiting the tree-themed painting on the weekend pointed out Mr Georgiou’s striking resemblance to Robin Gunningham – a former public schoolboy from Bristol whose link to Banksy was first revealed by a Mail On Sunday investigation in 2008.

Yet Mr Georgiou – who claims he does not have an artistic bone in his body – today shut down the speculation, explaining that he is simply helping his son, Alex Georgiou, 40, who owns the block of …