Sofia, BULGARIA: Gallery staff carry a Bulgarian painting, inspired by Leonardo Da Vinci's masterpiece 'The Last Supper', to hang it on the wall of a gallery in Sofia, 25 May 2007. Originaly painted in the late 1400s by Da Vinci, 'The Last Supper' represents the scene of last meeting of Jesus and his twelve disciples. The Bulgarian copy, completed in the 1980s in Communist Bulgaria by an anonymous author, is today the most expensive painting in the country. It portrays the former Bulgarian communist dictator Todor Zhivkov as Jesus Christ (C) and the members of the Politburo of Bulgaria's former Communist Party Central Committee as the twelve disciples. Getty Images logo Getty Images 33 months ago

Sofia, BULGARIA: Gallery staff carry a Bulgarian painting, inspired by Leonardo Da Vinci's masterpiece 'The Last Supper', to hang it on the wall of a gallery in Sofia, 25 May 2007. Originaly painted in the late 1400s by Da Vinci, 'The Last Supper' represents the scene of last meeting of Jesus and his twelve disciples. The Bulgarian copy, completed in the 1980s in Communist Bulgaria by an anonymous author, is today the most expensive painting in the country. It portrays the former Bulgarian communist dictator Todor Zhivkov as Jesus Christ (C) and the members of the Politburo of Bulgaria's former Communist Party Central Committee as the twelve disciples.

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  8. MILAN-NOVEMBER 26: The Mayor of Milan Letizia Moratti and Director of the Louvre Museum Henri Loyrette attend the press conference to launch the exhibition of the San Giovanni Battista by Leonardo da Vinci on November 26, 2009 in Milan, Italy. The exhibition, Leonardo to Milan 'San Giovanni Battista', was organised by by Eni and the Milan city council, in cooperation with the Louvre and with the patronage of the Italian Ministry of Arts and Heritage will offer free access to the public to view Leonardo da Vinci's masterpiece 'San Giovanni Battista' from November 27 to December 27, 2009.
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  10. A slaughtered pig is seen at an open-air market in the village of Dolni Bogrov, near Sofia, in this December 24, 2006 file photo. Regardless of living standards and social status, there is hardly a Bulgarian family which does not store at least a jar of home-made pickles, personal favourites with late communist dictator Todor Zhivkov and present Prime Minister Boiko Borisov. Picture taken December 24, 2006.
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