French researcher Pascal Cotte announced that he had found under the portrait of the "Mona Lisa" by Leonardo Da Vinci another portrait. This is the conclusion the Frenchman came after 10 years of studying paintings using the technology of intense flashes of light: the camera captures reflections of light, measurement of which enables to recover between layers, says BBC.

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French researcher Pascal Cotte announced that he had found under the portrait of the "Mona Lisa" by Leonardo Da Vinci another portrait. This is the conclusion the Frenchman came after 10 years of studying paintings using the technology of intense flashes of light: the camera captures reflections of light, measurement of which enables to recover between layers, says BBC.

To Kotte "Mona Lisa" was held multiple infrared and multispectral scanning. But the scientist claims that its technology allows you to look deeper. There scientist found a portrait of the woman calls this Lisa Gherardino and without signature smile of the "Mona Lisa". "It's not the same woman", — said Pascal Cotte.

the Frenchman Also found two more images under the surface of the picture: the ghostly outline of the portrait with a larger head, nose and hands, but small lips, and an image in the style of Madonna with a pearl headdress.

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