Fake Banksy account fools Twitterverse
A FAKE Banksy Twitter account with tweets like "The only good human being is a dead one #YOLO" has fooled thousands including Olivia Wilde, Moby, and Twitter’s own Jack Dorsey.
WHILE British artist Banksy fooled New Yorkers with a modest stand selling his artwork for just $60 a piece in Central Park on Saturday, a fake Twitter account with the handle @banksyny is continuing to fool many others.
Catch up on the story here The account - which a rep for Banksy confirmed to the New York Post is 100 percent fake - had an impressive 26,196 followers as of Wednesday night, including Olivia Wilde, Moby, and even Twitter’s Jack Dorsey. Tweets include, "The only good human being is a dead one #YOLO" and "A cup of tea would restore my normality." A UK rep for the artist, who's having a month-long "residency" in New York, said Banksy's official Instagram account remains banksyny . This story originally appeared on the New York Post