""BNE is walking it back on his Instagram, comments there are not happy:

bnedotorg
7 hours ago · BNE.org
In Yesterday's frantic rush to hit the BUY button, many people did not realize that they did NOT purchase a Banksy t-shirt, and instead bought "The Collaborative T-Shirt". In fact, the name Banksy never appeared in the product description and appeared in the check out cart as simply, "T-Shirt". This was a social experiment, work of art and NOT a scam, as reported by AnimalNewYork, a website owned by someone with a grudge against, and personal relationship with BNE. We had some cancelations, but most people are sticking around to see what's next. "The Collaborative T-Shirt" is now available for a very limited time for $80 each, just email us at info@BNE.org. Price will soon increase to $320 and refunded tees will become "The Collaborative T-Shirt 2". Again "THE COLLABORATIVE T-SHIRT" IS NOT A BANKSY T-SHIRT. "THE COLLABORATIVE T-SHIRT 2" IS NOT A BANKSY T-SHIRT. Everyone is protected by PayPal and is more than welcome to a refund. More information will be posted below. #artists4water "" animalnewyork.com/2014/bnes-world-water-day-scam-banksy-collaborating-t-shirt/

""Speaking with ANIMAL on Friday, BNE said that he was introduced to Bansksy by Fairey, adding that after outlining his mission of creating a product for the water charity “Banksy was very supportive” going so far as to agree to allow BNE to keep 75% of the collaboration’s revenue and donate the rest. ""

" the limited edition (of 500) t-shirts,"

Space Invader is taking part in the BNE ‘Artists 4 Water’ art project this week. Limited edition t-shirts go on sale tomorrow (13/03) with $7 from every t-shirt sold going to charity.

"" Each artist shirt is limited to 100 items and will never be re-printed."" invaderblog.com/

     If the above is true, there is something wrong in the reporting above. Each artist is limited to 100 items.

Did five artists collaborate?

"BNE Water Foundation as officially secured the naming rights to our first borehole

BNE Water Foundation has become the newest Platinum level sponsor of DLDT. BNE recently funded $10,000 of the$30,000 water project cost at St. Bonaventure School in rural Uganda (Read more here regarding our Making Waves from Cleveland to Uganda Project)." 

 drinklocaldrinktap.org/making-waves-from-cleveland-to-uganda-project-2/bne-water-foundation-using-art-to-bring-water-to-st-bonaventure-school/

when is a scam not a scam, when it's a social experiment work of art.  alledgedly

Here is BNE raising money for Indonesia too.

blog.vandalog.com/2011/11/bne-water/

 ""As many of you know, since early 2011 we have been working really hard to launch the BNE Water Foundation (known as Yayasan BNE in Indonesia), a non-profit organization like no other. To get this far, it has taken almost eight months of bureaucracy, a lot of hard work and about $50,000. We are now an official NPO and this is the start of what I feel is a true platform for real social change. Much like graffiti in its purest form, this is something real and very raw that was born in the streets.

Many generous artists including Estevan Oriol, Sabe KST, INSA, Shepard Fairey and others have come on board""