This was an interesting story (maybe only to me).  To summarize, a statue of a crucified Christ (sans cross), which is believed by some to be a Michelangelo, was purchased by the Italian government at a price of millions of dollars.  The problem is that some art historians are not convinced it is a Michelangelo at all and that the way it is being promoted now is kind of a government “scam”.The story doesn't get into any of the arguments why art historians think it is or is not a Michelangelo, but if I would wager I would think that it is not one.  I think that in order to establish that a work is the creation of such a major artist of a particular period the threshold would be quite high and the evidence presented to be quite convincing.  Making such a claim about the origin of the work can have significant political repercussions, so wrongfully attributing a work's origin can be quite bad.  [html][/html]Inquiry over 'Michelangelo' work