Original signed canvasses by British street artist Banksy have been sold from a stall in New York’s Central Park for $60 (£38) each. Just eight of the canvasses, estimated to be worth £20,000 each, were snapped up by passers by. Many of the pieces, estimated to be worth up to £20,000 each, remained unsold at the end of the day. The day’s takings came to a grand total of $420 (£263).

Banksy who is in New York for a month-long residency has promised a new piece of street art every day. Entitled Better Out Than In, the public art show has its own website on to which pictures and videos of the art works have been posted.

The elusive artist posted a video on his website showing a man selling what appeared to be fake Banksys. The latest video was accompanied with the words, “Yesterday I set up a stall in the park selling 100% authentic original signed Banksy canvases. For $60 each." 

The artist has given several pieces of graffiti across New York a Broadway makeover and each day in October will see a new piece of either an "elaborate graffiti, large scale street sculpture, video installation or substandard performance art” pop up across the streets of NYC.