In the years after the painting was stolen, works by the Dutch-American artist de Kooning exploded in value. A similar painting, titled "Woman III," sold for $137.5 million in 2006.

In the years after the painting was stolen, works by the Dutch-American artist de Kooning exploded in value. A similar painting, titled "Woman III," sold for $137.5 million in 2006.

A work at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC, once thought to be painted by Johannes Vermeer is now regarded as a misattribution or fake, according to research revealed in a new exhibition.