Lol.. edition number is completely wrong for signed and unsigned so I’ll go with fake

so let me guess. You were walking in the forest and a little man in a small green pointed hat stepped out right in front of you and granted you three wishes?

If these are worth anything you will be PM'ed by this lot, they can smell money a mile away 

Is it by accident that your passport is visible in the picture?

He does them too

Maybe it’s better to blur it? If it’s real people know your name, your birthday and your passport number.

I know some real cool Russian guys who can do a lot of nice stuff with that kind of info :-)

Does the red vortex look hand sprayed or screen printed?

From the feet it does appear to be lacking detail, which is consistent with a genuine image being scanned then a new acetate created to make a copy and detail being lost along the way.

happens on the watch forums all the time and fb watch groups , asking for opinions on newly purchased items

If they are counterfeit they are "well counterfeited". WCP's grim reaper isn't so good

kaos is correct. This is a counterfeit Banksy Radar Rat, with a counterfeit Pictures On Walls blindstamp.

The attention to detail is at a level comparable to work churned out by a thief like The West Country Prince.


Multiple obvious tells exist. There follows just one example. Focus on the screenprinting, and ignore the spraypaint. tinkicker's fake is on the left. An authentic version is on the right:





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Sounds like this may have been a standard, even mundane, case:

1.  Fraudster spots a mark.

2.  Fraudster quickly recognises the naivety and knowledge limitations of their mark.

3.  Fraudster exploits that ignorance to offload fakes.


Very often, little more is required than a plausible fabricated backstory and basic psychological tactics.

The job of selling fakes is made simpler if dealing with someone who's blinded by greed or wishful thinking. Such a buyer smells of desperation; they can be played with greater ease.

Scammers may also feign being dim. The idea is to trigger and lower the guard of predatory buyers — i.e. those keen to take advantage of sellers who seem a bit clueless about what they appear to be selling (or about its true value if it were genuine). No doubt a scammer's rationalisation process is smoother in these cases than when they're ripping off "innocent" buyers.


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The Grin Reaper and CND Soldiers look dodgy to me as well, notwithstanding the competently-reproduced signatures.

Without having seen these two pieces in person, I wouldn't actually stake my home on them being fake. However, I would be comfortable placing a large bet, and giving the other side five-to-one odds.


If they are authentic, they were created using different, lower-resolution screens to the regular editions. But the likelihood of this being true seems remote.


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tinkicker — By all means, ask Pest Control Office for separate confirmation.


In my view, there also exists a duty to notify PCO of the following:

(i)  how you ended up in possession of these counterfeit Banksys;

(ii)  where and when you acquired them;

(iii)  from whom you acquired them, along with any other details available regarding chain of ownership / provenance;

(iv)  how much you paid for them; and

(v)  to the best of your knowledge, how many other such pieces exist from the same source(s), and/or are currently in circulation, and/or were offered to you for sale.

So just to confirm re the unsigned.

There is only 1?

Is it numbered 1/1?

Hand sprayed like the signed edition?

Kind of threads that I don't open, as I had all the lps - now all sold - don't wanna know the prices ahah