New street art in Hosier Lane could belong to graffiti artist Banksy

NEW work or publicity stunt? A genuine looking Banksy stencil has popped up in Hosier Lane overnight — but is it an original? A new video may have the answer.

IS this a Banksy original or a publicity stunt? Picture: Christopher Talbot.

COULD this be a sign famed street artist Banksy is in town?

A new piece of graffiti has appeared in Hosier Lane overnight, featuring One Nation leader Pauline Hanson.

WHAT DO YOU THINK — REAL OR JUST A TRIBUTE? TELL US BELOW.

The graffiti that appeared in Hosier Lane overnight. Picture: Christopher Talbot.

Shortly after the mural was spotted — which shows a smiling Senator Hanson wearing a T-shirt that’s says “f ... k off we’re fools” — a video emerged that shows the graffiti being sprayed on the wall.

The video, sent in by a Herald Sun reader, claims to show the elusive artist Banksy at work.

“I just saw your article! I swear I saw it happening! I put the video up on youtube. Ahhhhhh!,” YouTube user Mia told the Herald Sun in an email.

The video shows a man spraying the final touches on the stencilled work of Ms Hanson before he hastily makes tracks toward Flinders Street.

The camera operator then chases him down the alley and a slight scuffle ensues, in which the artist turns around and his face is captured on camera.

MELBOURNE BANKSY TOSSED AWAY BY BUILDERS IN ACDC LANE

Mia wrote on her YouTube post that she was walking down the dark alley at night when she came across the artist at work.

“So I was walking home from work late last night and I was watching a street artist doing a piece in hosier lane. I double backed and pulled out my phone as he was finishing up. Can’t believe I just met Banksy!” Mia says under the video.

A man loitering around the mural on Wednesday morning was sure it was a bona fide Banksy.

“It’s definitely an original as Banksy is in Melbourne,” a passer-by in Hosier Lane said this morning.

Banksy is famous for painting rats, and perhaps there’s a whiff of rat in the air with a video of Banksy surfacing just two days out from the opening of The Art of Banksy exhibition at Federation Square.

ICONIC STREET ART BY BANKSY DESTROYED IN PRAHRAN

“Fake, from the art, the tag, to the acting,” Nathan Joyce wrote in a YouTube comment..

Mia hasn’t responded to the Herald Sun’s requests for an interview and has not responded to questions about her video.

Watch the video and judge for yourself.