IS IT FAKE? Da Vinci Painting That Fetched $450 Million In Auction Once Sold For $60

Leonardo da Vinci’s “Salvator Mundi” sold on Wednesday night for $450.3 million with fees — nearly half a billion dollars. The staggering sum blew away the previous record for art sold at auction, which was Picasso’s “Women of Algiers” $179.4 million — pocket change to the buyers of the da Vinci.

But the painting known as “the male Mona Lisa” has an odd story, one shrouded in mystery and allegations of fakery.