A collector was duped into paying £244,000 for a fake Banksy artwork advertised through his official website, it was revealed yesterday. Pictured: Print of Banksy artwork entitled 'festival'Banksy's team said he has never created any NFTs, which are unique computer files linked to photos, songs, works of art and other media. It had a page called NFT, which contained a link to a site selling a digital piece called Great Redistribution of the Climate Change Disaster. Experts have warned that the rapidly expanding NFT marketplace is being increasingly exploited by scammers. Banksy's team did not comment on the site being compromised but said the artist had 'not created any NFT artworks'.

Source: Daily Mail August 31, 2021 22:07 UTC