SPOT THE MISTAKE

THE CRYSTAL STOPPER: AN ARSENE LUPINE MYSTERYHere's another clip from Arsene Lupin that features a glaring mistake. Can you spot it?

ARSENE LUPIN STRIKES AGAIN

In 1932, John and Lionel Barrymore starred in Arsene Lupin, a film about the French master criminal. (Drew Barrymore is John's granddaughter) In the climax of the film, Lupin steals the Mona Lisa. Here's a clip

MONA LISA 3D

The gentleman in the picture with my wife Justine and myself is Pascal Cotte. We had the pleasure of meeting him while we were in Paris last month. Pascal is the noted engineer and founder of Lumiere Technology. He invented a revolutionary camera that was able to take remarkable, startling pictures of the Mona Lisa. Using multispectral digitization, he revealed the true colors of the painting -- what they think it actually looked liked when Leonardo painted it. Pascal was also able to look beneath the surface to find hidden details and some changes that Leonardo made to the picture. (Leonardo had changed the position of her hands).

From his 3D analysis, Pascal was able to make an actual replica of the masterpiece -- front and back.

While we were there we searched the photos he took of Mona Lisa to find the minor damage that occured when Peruggia had her -- a slight abrasion on her cheek and a scratch on her left shoulder. We think we may have found them.

Check out Pascal's video about the process. He kindly let us use it in our film and our blog.

Pascal's discoveries are the subject of a documentary - Secrets of the Mona Lisa Revealed by filmmaker Caroline Cocciardi. Thanks to Caroline we were able to meet and talk with Pascal in his laboratory in Paris.

HOW DID THE MONA LISA GET SO FAMOUS?

Here's what Darian Leader, author of "Stealing the Mona Lisa," had to say....

BECOME PART OF MONA LISA'S HISTORY

Vincenzo Peruggia became a part of the Mona Lisa’s story when he stole her in 1911. And now you can become part of it too by making a small donation to this project. We need funds to purchase the rights to archival images and video as well as money to hire graphic artists and other people to help us finish the film. By being a donor to this project, you will receive a thanks in the credits. Your name will be forever linked to the first feature length film to tell the true story of this remarkable event.

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