Art historians are due to dig up the remains of who they believe posed for Leonardo da Vinci’s iconic Mona Lisa in order to extract the DNA to recreate the face of the noblewoman who died almost 500 y

Italy’s Premier Silvio Berlusconi ordered controversial repairs to a 2nd century AD marble statue at his Rome office, which included adding a new penis. Critics say the repairs, which cost Italian taxpayers 70,000 euros, amount to “aesthetic surgery” and “alter the authenticity of the work”.

Grammy award-winning R&B singer Alicia Keys over the weekend married rapper and music producer Swizz Beatz with whom she is expecting a baby.

Hollywood star George Clooney appeared on Friday in a real-life courtroom drama when testified before a judge in Milan about three people accused of unauthorised use of his name for a fashion label.