An Italian who had worked as a handyman for the museum in 1911 stole Leonardo Da Vinci's "Mona Lisa" from the Louvre.
An Italian who had worked as a handyman for the museum in 1911 stole Leonardo Da Vinci's "Mona Lisa" from the Louvre. Two years later, the now-famous painting was found. At the Prado Museum in Madrid on February 1, 2012, a genuine modern replica of Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa was on display.
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