Actually , something very similar to this happend in the States a few years back, except it was cash instead of a Van Gogh.Same thing goes if you sell your house and the buyer remodels and finds an original van gogh stashed between the walls its theirs to keep.
The original homeowner found out about it because the new home owner was bragging about finding money in the walls during a reno. Old homeowner confronted new homeowner and tried to work something out (i.e. 50/50)
New homeowner told old homeowner to suck an egg.
Old homeowner took new homeowner to court and....
Got 100%.
Same deal here; as the new owner, be nice. Karma can be cruel, and she will come for you.
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