2003 Banksy interview surfaces, reigniting identity debate

A newly unearthed video interview from 2003 shows a young Banksy speaking to ITV News reporter Haig Gordon at the opening of his exhibition "Turf War." In the footage, the artist wears a simple t-shirt pulled up to cover his face from the nose down, explaining, "I'm masked because you can't be a graffiti writer and show yourself in public. These two things cannot go together." The clip was discovered in an archive by Bristol-based reporter Robert Murphy. A spokesperson for Banksy's studio dismissed the find with "we receive a lot of these" and declined to confirm or deny the artist's identity. The mystery remains unresolved.