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He knows when he needs to kick things up a notch, though.

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It appears we just got Banksy-ed, Alex Branczik, Sothebys European director of contemporary arttold theArt Newspaper.

He is arguably the greatest British street artist, and tonight we saw a little piece of Banksy genius.

Branczik also said he was not in on the ruse, which really takes it to that next level.

Said Sothebysin a statement, We have talked with the successful purchaser who was surprise by the story.

We are in discussion about next steps.

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