The Local Italy https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Italy in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Damaged Italian painting might be fake: expert Doubts emerged on Wednesday over the authenticity of an Italian painting supposedly worth $1.5 million, which hit headlines after a 12-year-old boy punched a hole through it as he tripped and fell during an exhibition in Taiwan. https://www.thelocal.it/20150826/damaged-italian-painting-might-be-fake-expert Wed, 26 Aug 2015 14:46:52 +0200 damaged-italian-painting-might-be-fake-expert Taiwan boy punches hole in $1.5m Italian painting A 12-year-old boy accidentally punched a hole through a $1.5 million centuries-old Italian oil painting when he tripped and fell into the piece during an exhibition in Taiwan. https://www.thelocal.it/20150825/boy-punches-hole-in-centuries-old-italian-painting Tue, 25 Aug 2015 12:09:15 +0200 boy-punches-hole-in-centuries-old-italian-painting