10.05.2007

£50million Leonardo da Vinci masterpiece recovered


A stolen Leonardo da Vinci masterpiece was recovered in a raid on a lawyer's office yesterday, Daily Mail UK reports.

Police officers interrupted a meeting during which it is understood a deal to buy the £50million painting was being negotiated.

The Madonna with the Yarnwinder, painted in 1501, was taken from a castle belonging to the 9th Duke of Buccleuch, Britain's largest landowner, four years ago.

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