The Lost Leonardo plot
"The inside story of the painting that seduced the world."
This documentary tells the story behind the Salvator Mundi, the most expensive painting ever sold for $450 million. From the moment the painting is purchased for $1175 from a shady New Orleans auction house, and the restorer discovers masterful Renaissance brushstrokes beneath the heavy varnish of his inexpensive restoration, the Salvator Mundi's fate is determined by an insatiable quest for fame, money and power. As the price rises, so do questions about authenticity: is this painting really by Leonardo da Vinci?