Real Da Vinci Code in Mona Lisa’s eyes
ART experts have uncovered a real-life Da Vinci code - after finding tiny letters painted into the eyes of the Mona Lisa.
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They discovered the mysterious hidden message while studying magnified images of Leonardo Da Vinci's most famous painting.
Art historian Silvano Vinceti said: "In the right eye appears to be the letters LV, which could well stand for his name.
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"In the left eye there are also symbols. It is difficult to make them out but they appear to be the letters C and E or B.
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Symbols ... bridge
"To the naked eye the symbols are not visible but with a magnifying glass they are clearly seen.
"We know Da Vinci used symbols so we are confident that they are a message from him."
The experts also found a 72, or possibly an L and a 2, painted into a bridge in the background of the 500-year-old portrait - which is in the Louvre in Paris.
The mystery echoes the book and Tom Hanks movie The Da Vinci Code - in which an art historian finds sinister hidden messages in the Italian genius's artworks.
The experts from Italy's National Cultural Heritage committee examined the Mona Lisa after finding a book in an antique shop that claimed there were tiny hidden symbols in the eyes.
Silvano said: "The question now is, what do they mean?"
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