The Italians punting a piece of art allegedly created by the Dutch artist Maurits Cornelis Escher are insistent that it is "original" until experts take a look and say otherwise; indeed they have been bombarding this site and others with endless emails on the subject. But it seems this one is now a stalemate as the company with licensing rights to all Escher's works are not interested in the matter and say the art in question is not genuine.

The charcoal drawing is said to be a "black man without a face" shown with Nessie, the Loch Ness Monster. If the truth is out there, then, in this case at least we may never know...

Crytozoologists have kept very quiet and experts were unavailable for comment.