With his work characterised by a humble and ironic humour, there is something so quintessentially British about Banksy.
And now a painting by the talented street artist, depicting politicians in the House of Commons as chimpanzees, has sold for £9.8 million.
Named Devolved Parliament, the work is the artist's largest known canvas at 13 ft across and was painted in 2009 for an exhibition in Bristol.
The final sale price is a record for a work by the secretive Brit, who is known for his thought provoking and often politically charged works.
He has already penned dozens of masterpieces scaling walls up and down the country, and hit the headlines in October last year when he shredded his own painting minutes after it was sold for just over £1 million.
The elusive artist has also recently set up a retail shop in south London for the next two weeks called Gross Domestic Product, and is thought to be behind an artwork in Marble Arch in a nod to the Extinction Rebellion protests.
But how much do we really know about the enigmatic street artist, and how much is he worth?
The Standard takes a look.
When did Banksy start his career?
Banksy's legacy began in Bristol in the 1990s, as part of Bristol's graffiti gang, DryBreadZ crew.
His work was largely free hand, although he later started to use stencils to create his art.
What's Banksy's real name?
Banksy's identity remains unknown, although people have spent years trying to uncover him.
The two most common theories as to his name are Robert Banks and Robin Gunningham, although nothing has been exactly confirmed or denied - you've got to keep the mystery alive somehow.
The Robin Gunningham theory derives from pictures that surfaced of an artist living in Bristol. When Gunningham later moved to London, it conveniently correlated with the geographical movement of Banksy's artwork.
There have been some wackier theories about his identity, though. One theory is that he's fellow artist Damien Hirst's alter-ego since the pair once collaborated on a piece together.
Other theories are that he's a woman, is actually a group of several artists or creepily, may not exist at all...
Why does Banksy keep his identity a secret?
Banksy has continuously refused to reveal his identity.
He says this is to prevent incriminating himself, because of the illegal nature of graffiti.
Some art critics, however, argue that his anonymity is part of a clever marketing tool.
How much is Banksy worth?
Paradoxically, Banksy has earned a fair amount of money from an art form that fundamentally opposes capitalism.
Forbes estimated his worth to be $20 million.
In an interview with the Village Voice, he stated that "commercial success is a mark of failure for a graffiti artist."
