Art forger responsible for Da Vinci painting
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One of Britain鈥檚 most notorious art forgers has claimed responsibility for what is believed to be a Leonardo Da Vinci masterpiece, saying it was inspired by a supermarket checkout girl, the Sunday Times reported.
Experts agree that Da Vinci created 鈥淟a Bella Principessa鈥 in the 15th century, but Shaun Greenhalgh, who has spent time in jail for art forgery, claims he made the chalk and ink drawing when he worked at a supermarket in Bolton, northern England.
鈥淚 drew this picture in 1978 when I worked at the Co-op (supermarket),鈥 wrote Greenhalgh in new book 鈥淎 Forger鈥檚 Tale,鈥 extracts of which appeared in the Sunday Times.
鈥淭he 鈥榮itter鈥 was based on a girl called Sally who worked on the checkouts,鈥 he added. 鈥淒espite her humble position, she was a bossy little bugger and very self-important.鈥
Experts concluded in 2008 that the profile of a blonde-haired woman was a 鈥渞emarkable drawing by Leonardo,鈥 and it has since been exhibited as a da Vinci in Italy and valued at 100 million pounds (US$150 million).
Greenhalgh, who was arrested in 2006 and jailed for four years and eight month, claims he used an 1587 council document for the canvas and schooldesk lid as the backing.
While executing the artwork, Greenhalgh turned it 90 degrees clockwise to mimic da Vinci鈥檚 left-handed style, he wrote.
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