Elusive street artist Banksy on Thursday confirmed he was behind a new work drawing crowds in central London: a statue of a suited man striding into the void while holding a flag that blocks his view.
The monument, which has Banksy's name scrawled on the base, first appeared on Wednesday just off the central street of Pall Mall.
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