A replica of Leonardo da Vinci's famous Mona Lisa painting is going on sale in Paris, where it is expected to fetch up to €300,000 ($365,645; £257,813). Said to have been created by a follower ...

"It is not a pale copy. We are looking at something which was worked on in parallel with the Mona Lisa at the end of Leonardo's life. "It is almost certainly a preparatory work for an oil painting." ...

Mona Lisa: The painting, on display at the Louvre Museum in Paris, was fortunately unharmed because it is encased in protective glass. The auction house, Artcurial, had estimated the copy ...