The half-billion dollar painting that is probably a FAKE

Ten years ago, ‘Salvator Mundi’ was unveiled to the world, its owners insisting it was a long lost Leonardo Da Vinci painting (as in...the guy who painted the Mona Lisa). It sold at auction for $450 million, making history as the most expensive piece of art ever purchased. But what most people don’t know is, this precious ‘historical’ painting had been found in a garage and bought in a small U.S town for $1100, before being extensively ‘restored’ by an expert in Da Vinci artworks. A lot of the art world is convinced it’s fake and a waste of money, so…did someone waste half a billion bucks buying a fake Leonardo Da Vinci?  Skip straight to the story: approx 34:51 We give you just the gist, but if you want more, there's this:Watch the 2021 documentary 'The Lost Leonardo' (it’s on several platforms, take your pick, here’s the link for Google Play) https://play.google.com/store/movies/details?id=dA9Uy-Mb_Kc.P Watch the other 2021 documentary Saviour for Sale (You’ll need a VPN and a few detective skills to track this one down on the BBC…) Read 'The Last Leonardo' by Ben Lewis https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/45319160-the-last-leonardo Check out the painting and the restoration process on Diane Modestini’s website https://salvatormundirevisited.com/Copies Watch art critic Jerry Saltz SLAM the painting as he outlines his reasons for believing it’s not by Leonardo https://www.vulture.com/2017/11/christies-says-this-painting-is-by-leonardo-i-doubt-it.html Check out some excerpts from the book that the Louvre denied existed…and was then leaked to the press https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2021/04/13/what-the-louvres-scientific-examinations-of-the-salvator-mundi-really-revealedaccording-to-the-museums-own-book http://artwatch.org.uk/tag/the-disappeared-louvre-catalogue/ Listen to this interview with Robert Simon, one of the men who “discovered” the Salvator Mundi http://artlawpodcast.com/2020/09/14/revisiting-the-salvator-mundi-by-probably-possibly-leonardo-da-vinci-with-robert-simon/ Read The Guardian's review of the Channel 4 doco 'The Man With A Penis On His Arm' https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2022/may/03/the-man-with-a-penis-on-his-arm-review-tv-that-makes-you-proud-to-be-british  Get tickets to the Just The Gist LIVE shows! https://moretalent.com.au/tours/just-the-gist/ Follow us on Insta! @JustTheGistPodcast @RosieWaterland @JacobWilliamStanley Email us your suGISTions! [email protected] omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.