Cash in the Toulouse attic

Numerous daytime TV programmes show how some thing hidden away for years can be worth more than you think. But attic repairs to a large house near Toulouse revealed not a mere Clarice Cliff or Moorcroft vase (staples of Flog it! et al) but a Caravaggio which has not been seen for 400 years.
The painting of Judith and Holofernes has been authenticated, though some experts, agreeing it came from the master's studio, suggest it may not be his actual work. The painting has been valued at 120 million euros and an export ban has been placed on it allowing museums to raise the money.

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