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When Banksy's work began appearing in Ukraine, Reuters journalists wondered how he pulled it off. They knew some residents were watching him work. Would they be able to identify him?
The resulting quest to solve the riddle took them from a bombed-out Ukrainian village to London and downtown Manhattan, turning up clues including a confession signed by the painter.
Ultimately, what my colleagues uncovered was so much more than just a name.
Reuters Investigative Projects Editor Blake Morrison told me: "This story started with a tantalizing clue and took us in many different directions. But through dogged shoe-leather reporting and inventive open-source techniques, we were able to crack one of the art world’s most intriguing mysteries."
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