Ouch!
How embarrasing!
Like something out of a classic Hollywood thriller…
A self portait painting supposedly created in 1886 by legendary artist Vincent van Gogh, purported to be worth Australian $25 million (US $21.5 million), has been proven to be a fake.
The painting called ‘Head of a man’ was bought to Australia by the father of media billionare Rupert Murdoch, Sir Keith Murdoch, and has been with the National Gallery of Victoria collection since just before World War 2.
But when the painting went on a tour to Europe, experts in Amsterdam tested the painting regarded as “offbeat” and an “oddity”, by Van Gogh specialists.
Last year The Sunday Times in London published claims by Van Gogh specialists that the work had been incorrectly attributed.
And today, it was announced that those claims have proven accurate.
The gallery said there would be a “downwards adjustment” in the painting’s value when the Victorian state gallery revalues its collection next year.
Downward adjustment indeed!
Not so stary, stary anymore…..
Go on, tell the world! 
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