The most expensive painting in the world would have been found on MBS's yacht

According to the report, the painting was originally purchased by the Saudi Prince Prince Bader Bin Abdullah Bin Mohammed Bin Farhan al-Saud, on behalf of MBS. However, according to Bloomberg, the place where the auction took place refused to confirm this badertion.

It has already been claimed that the Department of Culture and Tourism of the UAE capital had purchased the artwork – to finally expose it to the new Louvre Abu Dhabi. "Having spent so much time discovering, this masterpiece is now our gift to the world," said Mohamed Khalifa al-Mubarak, chairman of the department of culture and tourism of Abu Dhabi, in June 2018.

However, In September, the museum canceled its project to present the masterpiece. Ben Lewis, author of The Last Leonardo stated that he thought that the owners had been "put in abeyance by experts who had questioned the authenticity of the painting ", according to The Telegraph.

Authenticity has been at the center of controversy for years. One of Vinci's badistants painted the work for him.