Since his stencil drawings first hit the walls of the U.K., guerilla graffiti artist Banksy has been as much a public figure as a figment of our collective imagination. To some, he's created innovative pop art (Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt shelled out £200,000 on the clandestine artist's works in 2006), to others, he's continually defaced public property. But everyone can agree on one thing about Banksy: no one knows who the hell the guy is. If claims from the U.K.'s Mail on Sunday are true, however, the threads of his mystique might soon unravel.



