It is the biggest legal fight the art world has ever witnessed: a Russian oligarch, who claims he was ripped off buying multi-million-dollar masterpieces,
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poltergeist. the most expensive painting ever sold at the center of a legal fight shaking up the art world. leonardo da vinci s portrait of jesus was presumed lost for hundreds of years only to be rediscovered this century. the expert to put the multimillion-dollar price tag speaks exclusively to cnn. shining the light on the murky world of art dealing. reporter: billion-dollar lawsuits, claims of subterfuge surrounding the most expensive painting. the bouvier affair as it s dubed the fiercest feud witnessed in the art world, an industry that s developed a rocky reputation for its way of doing business. opacity, lack of transparency, greed, tax evasion, money laundering, dishonesty, dissembling,