Found on the panel for "Da Vinci" in a safe bank "HSBC"

Found on the panel for "Da Vinci" in a safe bank "HSBC"

Italian court said that security forces seized the plate to Renaissance artist Leonardo da Vinci in the basement of a Swiss bank, during the investigation into the crimes of tax evasion and fraud.

According to the network, "Sky News" newsletter, said the prosecutor's office in Pesaro, Italy, in a statement, said that the sale of oil painting dating back to the fifteenth century by about 120 million euros negotiations (135.9 million dollars) had reached an advanced stage.

Police did not notice the presence of the work is likely to be a da Vinci, but after that found with an Italian lawyer south of the country in 2013, a memorandum of selling at a price of not less than 95 million euros. However, the preliminary investigation did not succeed in reaching the plate.

He revealed a separate investigation into the crimes of tax evasion and fraud for evidence led police in the end of the panel, which was seized Monday in Lugano near the Swiss Italian border.

Investigators did not reveal the identity of the owner of the painting or the number of people covered by the investigation of conspiracy to smuggle artifacts illegally and fraud in the field of insurance, and contented themselves with saying that some people suspected of involvement in both crimes.

And to some extent attributed to da Vinci's painting based on tests conducted in fluorescent light, and further tests will be conducted when they are returned to Italy.

If it is proven that the da Vinci painting to join the list of disputed work legally.